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Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has said no amount of blackmail will stop the demolition of illegal buildings in Abuja.
Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) has intensified the demolition of illegally constructed estates and shanties in Abuja in recent months
According to the minister; some of the recently demolished shanties posed threats to the security of the nation’s capital.
Speaking during the distribution of operational vehicles to security agencies at FCTA secretariat on Thursday, Wike said the buildings being demolished are properties illegally built on government lands.
The minister added that FCTA will not give in to any form of blackmail from any homeowner who illegally constructed buildings on government lands.
He said, “Let me use this opportunity to tell Nigerians and residents of Abuja, we are not afraid of blackmailing.”
“In fact, you cannot be in this kind of position and say you cannot be blackmailed, particularly as regards this Abuja. There are so many land grabbers.”
“Some of us have come to put our feet down. Let heaven fall. It is even better that heaven comes down now so that we would not be fasting again to go to heaven.”
“We will stop anybody who thinks he can obtain government land for whatever reason without formal approval.”
“We will not look at your face. If you like, you can be a civil rights activist; if you like, you can be a television talker. What is wrong is wrong.”
“No amount of blackmail can stop us. People take government property without approval or documentation.”
