The senate has asked Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal
capital territory (FCT), to halt the demolitions in the nation’s capital.
The decision of the upper legislative chamber was sequel to
a motion sponsored by Ireti Kingibe, senator representing FCT.
In recent months, the federal capital development authority
(FCDA), under the leadership of Wike, has intensified the demolition of
“illegally” constructed estates and shanties in the FCT.
The minister had said some of the shanties posed threats to
the security of the nation’s capital.
The red chamber also resolved to set up an ad hoc committee
led by Barau Jibrin, deputy senate president, to investigate the matter.
The FCT minister is expected to appear before the committee
to answer questions about the demolitions that have rendered many people
homeless in the nation’s capital.
Recently, Rita Lori-Ogbebor, chief executive officer of Rita
Lori Hotels, revealed that the FCDA revoked a parcel of land in the Life Camp
area of Abuja.
The land, she said, belonged to the late Paul Ogbebor, a
retired colonel and her former husband.
Lori-Ogbebor has since asked President Bola Tinubu to
intervene in the situation, adding that the parcel of land has been in her
family for decades.
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