Residents of Kabusa area in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have decried the destruction of their buildings and household belongings by the staff of the Department of Development Control of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA).
They lamented that the destruction which took place on Friday last week was carried out in their usual commando style without regard to due process and reckless disregard for the rule of engagement, all in the guise of recovery of land to an allottee.
Addressing newsmen yesterday in Abuja the affected residents, said that the Department of Development Control executed the destruction of properties of innocent citizens who are now treated as lesser beings by their own government.
According to the spokesman of the affected residents, Mr Solomon Ajayi, “These agents of government in collaboration with the supposed allottee sinisterly executed the wanton destruction of the area without dialogue with the occupants and adequate notification except the marking of houses that was effected on 12th of April 2023.”
He said less than a month after the marking, they came back with bulldozers without any form of warning or notification to execute their evil plot.
He said the department to cover-up their evil and shove aside the moral burden of their calamitous action, went to the press to claim that they had dialogue with the affected residents.
Another resident, Miss Glory Frank, was saddened that they have destroyed their properties and rendered them homeless.
