Sunday Aborisade and Leke Baiyewu , Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Administration said on Monday that it demolished an illegal private residential building and a filling station under construction inside the National Assembly Complex , for security reasons .
The Director , FCTA Department of Development Control, Alhaji Muktar Galadima , who led the exercise on Monday , told journalists that the land was initially allocated to the developer to construct a commercial filling station.
Galadima said the developer decided to unilaterally commence the building of a residential property adjacent to the land earmarked for the station without necessary approval .
He said , “ Following a series of complaints from the Office of the National Security Adviser on the security implications of citing a filling station inside such a complex , the allocation was reviewed and revoked .
“ Compensation had already been paid for the revoked land and property built but no compensation will be paid for the adjourning residential structure.
“ The place was allocated to a corporate entity for the provision of a filling station within the National Assembly.
“ Unfortunately , it was later reviewed as a mistake for obvious security reasons for such a facility to be situated within the Three Arms Zone .
“ So after doing the necessary diligence , the FCT Administration thought it fit to remove the structure and give way to the office of the National Security Adviser to take over the land .
“ The department followed a long procedure before demolishing the illegal structure marked since 2015 .
“ When the FCT Administration received correspondence regarding the obvious security implications of the facility , we had to follow due process because approval was granted for the development of the land .
“ So, we had to assess and value the property , as well as pay compensation to the affected party . That is why it took us this long to remove this structure.
“ We are humans and we are not perfect . Sometimes we make mistakes , but this type of obvious one is something that should not have been done in the first place .
“ There is a specific location for each land use as regards the Abuja Master Plan . So because you feel that you have money and can just rush and build filling stations at any place is not allowed , ” he added .
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Good one for security reasons, though we all know that there's nothing like security here.