Following heightened security alert in the nation’s capital, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has reclaimed parts of the Nigeria Law School’s land taken over by criminals in Bwari town.
Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement to the Minister of FCT, Ikharo Attah, after the cleanup exercise on Thursday, said pulling down of the shanties was also to tighten security and restore sanity on the route.
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He said the exercise was one of the measures adopted by the administration to curb insecurity across the territory and would not be limited to one area.
The minister’s aide explained that strategic stakeholders in the nation’s capital have asked the sanitation team not to leave any structure that constitutes threats to security of lives and property on the Bwari road stretch.
Attah said key security heads in the territory had insisted that the Bwari area must be made safe and free from all evil acts.
He said the demolition exercise was going to be a comprehensive one, starting from Bwari law school, near Kuchiku-Bwari, down to Bwari main market.
He said the exercise affected only shanties on the road corridor, and not houses.
“Pulling down of the illegal structures here in Bwari is part of our measures to curb insecurity across the territory.
“This area along the law school stretch down to Bwari market, all the attachments and shanties on the road corridor must go. Some persons in Bwari may see it as a lawless place because for long there is no major cleanup.
“It is not only the law school area but is going to be a comprehensive cleanup,” he said.
