Abuja: Pandemonium As Miscreants Attack Govt Agency Over Demolition Of Mechanic Village, Kubwa
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Joint Task Force on City Sanitation arrested 19 hoodlums for attacking the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) in Wuse, Abuja on Monday, December 18.
The hoodlums stormed the premises in the early hours of Monday over the demolition of a Mechanic Village in Kubwa, by the officials of the AMMC Department of Development Control.
The Director of the department, Mukhtar Galadima told reporters after the incidents that the workers in the building were going about their official assignments when the hoodlums besieged the premises.
Galadima said that 19 of the protesters were arrested for the violent disruption of peace in the area.
He said: “We were having a meeting in a conference hall when we heard some noises. We decided to come and see what was happening and I saw some people with protest placards.
“Some of the people were talking about Kubwa Mechanic Village where they owned shops in the village but were demolished by Development Control. But what proof do they have that they have allocations inside the area.”
Galadima said that the sponsors of the protest built what they called a mechanic village inside someone’s property, adding that Development Control ordered the demolition of the village.
He added that beyond building on the illegal property, the action became necessary following a series of complaints of encroachment in the particular space by the rightful owners.
The director, who described the protest as: “simply thuggery”, added that the department would recommend the prosecution of the culprit.
He said: “This is a breach of peace, and they should be prosecuted. We are also going to find out who among our officers gave out the area for the development of a mechanic village. The officers involved must be dealt with accordingly.”
Also speaking, the Secretary of FCTA’s Command and Control, Dr Peter Olumuji, said that the task force was out on enforcement duty when the distress call came in from development control over the protest.
He added: “We abandoned what we were doing and dashed to the scene immediately and on getting here, we saw the protesters attempting to vandalise the premises, vehicles, and assault development control officers.
“We have been able to arrest 19 of them and will be taken to Utako Police Division for proper investigation and possible prosecution.”
The Nation
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