Residents of the Idu Railway Station, Apo Tapi, and Lugbe sectors of the Abuja Metropolitan Area Council (AMAC) have been warned by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) about the spread of illegal housing estates and other development.
According to the FCTA through the Directorate of Development Control (DDC), all necessary notifications have already been served, structures have been designated, and the FCTA is getting ready to start a substantial removal operation when the time is appropriate.
During a news conference on Friday, DDC Director Mukhtar Galadima stated that the alarm was required due to the increasing social media marketing by land speculators and illegal housing estate developers.
Galadima made a suggestion that although these areas have not yet been defined with a design layout, persons are still in possession of fictitious title documents allegedly distributed by AMAC.
Land grabbing and other threats would be lessened, he claimed, with the creation of the FCT Urban and Planning Tribunal because of the punishment of defaulters.
He also implied that land speculators and developers of unlawful projects would be required to pay for their demolition before being turned over to the police for thorough investigation.
"Our attention has been brought to some regions of the city where people are developing without any title developments," Galadima said in a foreboding tone. And we want to alert the public that some of these advertisements are for unlawful construction projects.
"As the department of Development Control in the FCT, we found it essential to sufficiently notify the citizens on the necessity to get building plans and approval, to enable them to develop in accordance with what is being approved," the statement reads.