Landowners at Zaudan Pazeri and Filindabo layouts under the auspices of Zaudan Pazeri Property Owners Association in Dei-dei district of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have appealed to the minister, Nyesom Wike, to come to their aid and settle the issues between them and the FCT authorities.
Chairman of the association, Elder Friday Ugoala, while speaking to journalists on behalf of the allottees at the FCT High Court in Kubwa, Abuja, said with the complexity of the case in court, the association had faith that the present administration would not spend energy and scarce resources to defend what they described as illegality meted out to over 5,000 landowners.
Ugoala expressed hope that the administration would call them to settle the issues by granting them the right to develop their plots and that their plots remain as allotted.
“The past administrations knew what they did in the first place, that has been the case in Nigerian society, that when those in authority suppress the poor masses the masses will take it as a way of life.
“But the 5,000 people affected in this case have refused to take it like that. We have made it public that we are available for out-of-court settlement, which they have not shown any interest,” he said.
According to Ugoala, the emergence of Wike is a good omen to oppressed residents of the FCT like them, because is it known that the FCT minister is a man of the masses and his administration is a masses-driven one.
“We sincerely beg the FCT minister to order a reversal to what was on the ground, Zaudan Pazeri and Filindabo layouts have received ministerial approval and they are authentic layouts. All they required us to do we complied, we made all the necessary payments, the files, processing fees and everything, they were computerised and regularised.”
