Army tackles FCDA, construction company over choice plots of prominent citizens in Abuja
Landowner of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA) is in the blink of an eye battling with the Nigerian Army over the responsibility for of area professedly designated to unmistakable Nigerians, including previous presidents and vital officers of the National Assembly.
Pressure set in penultimate Friday, when the military fixed off the street prompting the 230 hectares Maitama Extension District and headed out laborers of a development organization, Kakaatar Civil Engineering (KCE) Limited, refering to security reasons.
Whenever reached, the Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCTA), Alhaji Adamu Ismaila, who said he would not like to be dragged into the go head to head, guided The Guardian to approach the Army or Minister of the Federal Capital Territory for remarks.
Ismaila unveiled on telephone that the difference was between the development firm and the Army, saying: "I don't know anything about it, genuinely. I don't comprehend what turned out badly between the Army and Kakaatar."
Reminded that the Army is making cases to the plots around the zone, the Executive Secretary included: "I don't have anything to do with plots; go to the Minister, he will inform you regarding plots… he is the one in charge of plots, he will give you reply; or meet the Director of Lands, I don't know anything about area organization."
Armed force representative, Col. Sani Usman, had revealed a week ago that "the property is on Nigerian Army's territory and the Army won't permit anyone to infringe on its property; subsequently, the property must be fixed to avert further infringement."
In any case, a source inside the Army trusted in The Guardian that day, that "obscure to numerous Abuja occupants, the garisson huts is home to delicate military equipment," focusing on this will undoubtedly happen "in light of the fact that we were not happy with finding a development organization near us."
An authority of the FCTA unveiled that the Ministry and the Authority were examining the unfurling circumstance and was working at determining it behind the scene before it smothers of control.
"The media ought not heighten this since it is a touchy issue; we will discover an answer that will fulfill both the Army and all the abused gatherings. It is both a political and security matter and it is not totally genuine that others have no entrance to their plots. Please crosscheck your data," the top authority said.
In the interim, a few proprietors of plots along the stretch in the Maitama Extension have been griping of being denied access to their plots, on account of the move made by the Army.
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