The
estate which was under construction, is located at Mpape, a community in Bwari
area council of Abuja.
The
development came weeks after the FCDA demolished an estate being developed by Praco International Limited.
Speaking with reporters, Eze
Okpara, manager of the estate, said they began developing the estate in 2019.
“This
is our estate, we started developing it around 2019 and already the structures
on ground were three units completed and four units decked, we have three units
that we are still decking and then the DPC for the plaza completed,” Okpara
said.
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“I am
surprised that the structures are being demolished. We have household materials
and chairs inside one of the units. The estate is 11,000 square meters.”
The manager said before the
authorities came to demolish the property, there was another developer who
contested the land, and that the case is pending in court.
“They
(authorities) came to mark the structures sometimes back, we referred them to
our lawyer that whatever they needed are pasted on the wall and the case is
still on and to our greatest surprise they are coming for demolition today,” he
said.
Tony Ogbulafor, counsel to the
developers of the estate, said they have approval for the construction.
“I
got a call from the managing director of Toub Associates, it was alleged that
some demolition was going on and he called me to the estate to see what was
going on,” the lawyer said.
“On
getting here, policemen and NSCDC men numbering over 100 blocked us from
entering, saying they are a joint task force and they don’t allow anybody to
come close, that we can only come in when the demolition is completed.
“Some have been developed, others are under development. We
expected the minister, FCDA and Majin Nigeria Limited to obey the order. I
cannot say Majin is involved because the police said it is the minister that
sent them.”
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