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FCTA unleashes demolition on Durumi shanties, Asokoro illegal market

By Joyce Remi-Babayeju

The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, team on Wednesday unleashed demolition on several illegal structures on Durumi and Asokoro communities.

Before now attempts by the Taskforce team to enforce sanitation and other Urban and Regional Planning laws on Durumi Community has always been resisted by miscreants.

FCTA’s d said that the decision to revisit the community , was to clear all shanties and places where criminal elements take refuge.

Also the notorious illegal Kabusa market in Asokoro District was demolished for allegedly harbouring criminal that threaten
the peace of residents within the community.

Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement to FCT Minister, Ikharo Attah said that the operations  were part of the ongoing fight against insecurity in the city.

Attah noted that while Durumi Community was over due for thorough sanitation, the Asokoro illegal market was too notorious to be left in a highbrow district.

He explained that the FCT Administration remains committed to its resolve to spare houses belonging to indigenous people, noting that those who defiantly patronize illegal lands will be made to pay heavily for their actions.

Attah said, ” We removed some shanties and illegal structures around Durumi 3 to free the area of criminal activities . ”

” The Chiefs have made some appeal that they will work with us to remove the illegal structures, and we are considering that. ”

” We want to have a clean FCT. We trust the Chiefs to abide by what we have agreed on. We will continue to engage them and other Area Council Officials. ”

” We have tried as much as possible to avoid touching houses belonging to indigenous people, because they have the right to be compensated and resettled.”

” In Asokoro we have gotten lots of complaints that criminal elements gather here and attack not only VIPs, but other Nigerians.”

He disclosed that even indigenous people have complained that they have been robbed by criminals from the Kasuwa hideouts, adding that this is the reason for clearing the place.

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