By Daniel Tyokua
Some victims of the ongoing demolition of illegal structures by the FCT Ministerial Task Force on City Sanitation, have carried out as the clean up lasted.
They lamented that their items are being affected by the continued exercise.
During the resumption of pulling down of illegal structures at Zamani near Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, one of the victims, Bamidele Taiwo, said about 7 years ago that he bought a land from the Chief, “My house was affected even now all my family are outside with all my luggages.
“It is the indigene that are pointing to houses for demolition, some of the houses that were not demolished are not owned by the indigene”
For Bolaji Ganiyu, he said, “I bought land from the Chief of Zamani for N100,000 and he didn’t tell us about indigene or non indigene. Now they removed our houses and all our properties are outside. When the house was marked we went to meet the Chief the Chief told us to meet Chief of Jiwa, and we went to meet him, we also went to Human Rights Radio for them to plead on our behalf, at least to give us 6 months notice but they refused”.
This is coming as the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday removed over 600 illegal houses in Zamani on the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement to the minister of FCT, Ikharo Attah, while speaking to journalists at the venue, reiterated the fact that local Chiefs do not have right to sell land and people should stop buying land from them.
“The Minister has issued warning, times without number, we are paying no Kobo to owners of the illegal structures, they have gone against the urban and regional planning acts . They have violated the law. It cost the administration money, hours and manpower to clear them”.
