Abuja Residents Lament Demolition Of Properties

[ChannelsTV]

    Some residents of Abuja, whose buildings were recently demolished, have made a passionate appeal to President Goodluck Jonathan to restrain the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Mohammed Bala from further demolishing their properties, saying the action is illegal.

Addressing a news conference in Abuja, the project manager of one of the properties demolished by the Department of Development Control in Dakwo District of the FCT, Mr. Geoffrey Onwubuya, maintained that the FCT Minister demolished their structures in violation of a valid court judgment and order obtained from an FCT High Court on the 23rd of January, 2013.

However, the deputy director of the Department of Development Control, Mr. Hamza Tayyub dismissed the claim of the victims, saying the owner of the estate encroached on five other plots of land in the area, in addition to building on an access road that connects other districts.

 

Via: ChannelsTV