On Monday, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesome Wike started the demolition process in Abuja.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, the FCT Administration demolished its first building, a fully finished duplex worth millions of naira, for constructing on an allegedly prohibited plot of land.
Recalls that Wike pledged to tear down buildings in the nation’s capital that were constructed on prohibited properties when the session resumed last week.
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In this context, the first structure to be demolished was the one on Plot 226 of Cadastral Zone A02 Wuse 1, Wuse, Zone 6 District.
Given the conflicting claims made by the parties, the Department of Development Control’s director, Mukhtar Galadima, said that his staff conducted a thorough investigation to determine the original owner of the site.
Galadima said that once development laws and regulations were broken, the FCTA would not take the status of any defaulting developers into account.
He said, “We demolished the duplex because somebody built without a valid title and building plan approval on someone else’s land. ‘Investigation revealed that the developer is not the owner of the plot, that is why we had to remove the building.
“We allowed the building to this stage before demolishing it,= because we had to follow all the processes. He was served all the notices to stop work, but being a recalcitrant developer, he continued without heeding the notices we served.
“After our investigation, we ascertained the original allottee, so we have to remove it. We are going to consult the legal department to know the next action against the developer.”
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