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Let Heaven Fall, I’ll Continue With Demolitions In FCT -Wike Vows

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Dec 12, 2024.

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has vowed to continue with the demolition exercise in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

Wike, who defended the demolition of properties in the nation’s seat of power, said he won’t be swayed by blackmail, adding that the structures being demolished by the Federal Capital Development Authority, FCDA, are properties illegally built on government lands.

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The minister stated this on Thursday during the distribution of operational vehicles to security agencies at the FCTA Secretariat in Abuja.

“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,” he said.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that in recent months, the FCTA intensified the demolition of what it deemed as illegal structures in estates and shanties in Abuja.

According to the minister, while some of the structures pose security risks, the rest were built on lands belonging to the government.

The move has sparked a backlash and protests but Wike has insisted there is no going back and vowed to go after more illegally constructed buildings and shanties.

“We would stop anybody who thinks they will take government land for whatever reason with formal approval. We would not look at your face. If you like to be a civil rights activist or a television personality,” Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers State, said during the event.

“What is wrong is wrong; no amount of blackmail can stop us. People take government property without approval or documentation.”