FCTA Demolishes Illegal Structures In Aviation Village

The Federal Capital Territory Administration ( FCTA) yesterday demolished more than  137 illegal hostels, hotels and other buildings at Iddo Sarki community in Aviation Village, adjacent the main campus of the University of Abuja, Gwagwalada, Abuja.
  The demolition was led by a combined team of FCT Ministerial Taskforce on City Sanitation, Department of Development Control, Department of Security Services and other relevant agencies.
Chairman of the taskforce,  Mr Ikharo Attah, said the operation was in line with the FCT ministerial directive to remove every contraventions and illegal buildings within the nation’s capital.
 Attah said that FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello,  was angered by flagrant disregard for the Abuja Master Plan and several warnings to people to avoid buying land from unauthorised persons.
 He  said no local chiefs has  the  authority to sell lands or transfer any valid title to buyers of such land, in line with the provisions of the Land Use Act.
 The chairman noted that the exercise was a quick intervention to avert further distortion of the city’s development plans, as well as rescue desperate business men and women from economic waste.
 Attah said that it was unfortunate that certain people had  continued to ignore timely warnings  not to venture into land transaction without relevant government approval.
 He added that the shortcut process undertaken by the investors had not only infringed heavily on extant laws, but distorted Abuja Master plan, while leading into colossal economic waste.
 “FCTA is pained about what is going on here.
 “FCT minister had briefed the Directors of Development Control , Security Services and Directorate of Road Traffic Services and gave them matching order to stop what he termed  “extreme illegality”.
 ” These people are  taking  advantage of the closeness of the University of Abuja to this place  to sell every available land here.
 “You can imagine that someone here had built a house that runs into hundreds of millions of naira without a proper approval, but  based on ordinary agreement signed with unauthorised persons.