Residents and property owners in Sabon Lugbe Southwest area, Lugbe, Abuja, are seeking President Bola Tinubu’s intervention following the demolition of 50 duplexes in an estate approved by the Abuja Geographic Information System (AGIS).
The affected property owners are calling on President Tinubu and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike to intervene and stop the demolition, which they claim is unjust and targeted at reallocating their lands to private developers.
The residents in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday by Prince Isaac Omolua said that the FCTA’s actions are in contravention of their rights as legitimate landowners.
“The estate developers have gathered that the FCDA are on their way to the estate to embark on demolition this morning Monday, October 21st, 2024,” the statement stated.
It would be recalled that the Director of the Department of Development Control, Mukhtar Galadima, on October 17, 2024, during the demolition cautioned over the issue of land grabbing, during which the administration warned that it was going to deal with the issues of land grabbing.
He said: “We are here for removal exercise today at Sabon Lugbe Southwest area, which is part of the phase five district of the Federal Capital City. We just started with just about 10 structures, but tomorrow we are coming back in full swing.
“And recall that sometimes back we warned that we are going to bounce on land grabbers. So this is in continuation of the enforcement exercise, which had started.
“We want to inform the general public that for any person to buy any property in Abuja, please ensure that it is rightly titled property with approved development plan, but failing to do so, you could fall into the hands of these land grabbers, and please don’t blame the FCTA.
“There are areas that these land grabbers are really having a field day. They Idu Train Station, which is now part of Gosa and Kyami, Apo Tarfi area and Lugbe. And today we are in Lugbe, and we will continue as it is a continuous exercise. So, illegal developments will not be entertained.
“The people that are deceiving them that they are going to be integrated into the phase 5 of the FCC should be warned and bewared. There is nothing like integration. Illegality is illegality, and we will continue to be removing them,” he added. (Nigerian Tribune)
