Multi-million Naira Building Demolished To Reclaim Late Ogun Monarch’s Land In Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has demolished a fully completed multimillion-naira building on a plot of land belonging to the late Alake of Egba land, Oba Oyebade Lipede.

The building located on Plot 226 Cadastral Zone A02, Wuse Zone 6 District, is said to belong to late Oba Lipede but was fraudulently taken over by the duo of Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Kamba and Alhaji Adamu Teku, who illegally built the structure against all warnings.

Director of Department of Development Control, Mukhtar Galadima, said his team had to carry out an extensive investigation to ascertain the original owner of the plot of land, given varying claims of ownership that were put forward by the different parties.

According to him, the FCT Administration will not consider the status of any defaulting developer, once development rules and regulations are violated.

“We demolished the duplex because somebody built without a valid title and building plan approval on someone else’s land. Investigations revealed that the developer is not the owner of the plot, which is why we had to remove the building.

“We allowed the building to this stage before demolishing it, because we had to follow all the processes. He was served all the notices to stop work, but being a recalcitrant developer, he continued without heeding the notices we served.

“After our investigations, we ascertained the original allottee, so we had to remove it. We are going to consult the Legal Department to know the next action against the developer,” he stated.