The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on, Wednesday, demolished makeshift houses and brothels in Daki biyu community, Jabi District, Abuja.
The demolition exercise was led by the Director, Development Control Department, Muktar Galadima, in the company of security personnel and vigilante groups.
According to Galadima, the operation became necessary as a result of the rising cases of insecurity in the FCT.
He further stated that the exercise was in pursuance of the 13-point Next Level mandate of the FCT Administration to ensure orderliness and sanitation in the city.
He said all the plots of land occupied by the illegal inhabitants in the Daki biyu community were designed for particular purposes.
He disclosed that the department would ensure that the FCT Health and Human Service Secretariat builds hospitals on the land.
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He said, “This exercise is necessitated by the rising case of security challenges and in the course of our operation, we discovered some jackknives in one place called Sambisa. These can be used to lynch a person.”
The director also urged allottees of the undeveloped plots in the area to develop them or risk revocation.
The Daki Biyu Palace Secretary, Mr. Andy Sanga, said the operation is “very painful but we have to take it in good faith because we can’t fight the government.”