Wike arrests developer over construction on embassies’ lands, orders demolition of buildings

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the apprehension and demolition of buildings illegally constructed connected plots of onshore allocated to overseas missions successful the diplomatic portion of Katampe Extension, Abuja.

The affected land, located wrong the Diplomatic Zone, Katampe Extension successful the Federal Capital Territory, was primitively allocated connected March 18, 2008, to 10 embassies for diplomatic residential purposes, portion a information was besides reserved for the Power Holding Company of Nigeria for a 132/133KV powerfulness station.

Speaking to journalists during an inspection circuit of projects successful Abuja, Wike said the FCT Administration discovered that an idiosyncratic had illegally taken implicit the onshore and erected buildings without support from the Federal Capital Development Authority. He said the Department of Development Control had been directed to region each amerciable structures.

“This onshore was allocated to assorted embassies. Somebody conscionable came here, took the onshore and started processing it connected his ain without support from the FCDA. We cannot let this benignant of onshore penetration to continue,” helium said.

According to the minister, the affected plots were allocated to diplomatic missions, including those of Thailand, Bulgaria, Syria, Somalia, Serbia and Montenegro, Japan, Austria, Switzerland, Senegal and t...