The Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) and the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) have demolished unapproved structures on Plot 1765 in Abuja’s Games Village.
Nasiru Isa, AMMC Director of Finance and Accounts, told reporters after the exercise in Abuja on Thursday that the plot was designated for the council’s Senior Staff Housing Estate.
Isa stated that the demolition exercise to take possession of the land followed due process.
He explained that the plot was initially assigned to a company that built Games Village temporarily.
Isa stated that in 2008, the Presidency issued a directive to the village’s management not to erect, alter, or modify any part of the premises’ external land.
He also explained that the letter was signed by Abbas Umar, former Director (special duties) in the Presidency, for the Ad-hoc Committee on Sale of Federal Government Houses in FCT.
According to him, the management of Games Village flouted the directive in running the affairs of the estate.
Isa said:
“There is a private school and mechanic workshop on the plot, which is not supposed to be because the place is a temporary site.
“We have served the management of Games Village several notices before carrying out the demolition today, and there are correspondences to justify our action.
“It is not a new thing. We started the demolition about four months ago. We only went there today to complete the exercise.
“We must not forget that the issue has been on for three years.”
Furthermore, Abubakar Makama, Assistant Director, of Urban Affairs, stated that the Games Village Association had filed a petition regarding the disputed plot.
Makama also stated that AMMC Management confronted the petitioners with documents relating to the plot’s ownership.
Source: Vangaurd