Minannuel Estate Demolition: Court To Visit Site, July 1

An FCT High Court says it will on July 1 visit the site where 500 houses belonging to Minannuel Estate Developers were demolished,.
Justice Danlami Senchi of the Zone 2 High Court, Abuja said the visit became necessary in order to establish some facts relating to the demolition.
According to him, the visit is also necessary to check the extent of demolition at the site.
The developer had sued the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) over the demolition in October 2012.
Earlier, a Defence Witness, Fajimi Kolawole while being cross examined by the plaintiff’s counsel, Chief Chris Uche, told the court that he could not say whether the plaintiff’s papers were genuine or not.
Kolawole, a member of staff of the Department of Survey and Mapping, FCDA, also told the court that he never visited the site to serve any notice to stop work.
“I have never been to Kyami District, so, it will be wrong if anybody says I have visited that district.
“In the survey department, we do not deal with allocation of land. I do not know anything about the new allocation date of November 2012 as contained in the plaintiff’s papers,” Kolawole said.