150 Children Homeless as FCDA Demolishes Orphanage over Family Dispute

Over 150 children have been rendered homeless after the Development Control Department (DCD), a unit under the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) demolished an orphanage in Kubwa, a suburban in Abuja.

The Director of DCD, Muktah Galadima, said the demolition was in compliance with a court order in favour of one of the parties in dispute over the land, while also adding that the property completely failed to comply with development control requirements in the nation’s capital

He also accused the owner, Mrs Victoria Nkiruka Ezemoka of breach of regulations and for developing the property in disregard of several stop-work and other notices served on the property, which also included a demand for the production of title document for the property.

“When we received this complaint of encroachment, we visited the site and served all the relevant notices beginning from stop-work notice, quit notice to demolition notice, in line with our responsibility of ensuring strict implementation of the Abuja Master Plan.

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