…Warns Developers About Regulatory Negligence
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) demolished a fully finished multimillion naira duplex on Monday for being built on an illegal plot of land.
The building is reported to belong to His Royal Highness Oba Oyebade Lipede, but it was unlawfully taken over by Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Kamba and Alhaji Ademu Teku, who illegally constructed the duplex despite all warnings.
Tpl Mukhtar Galadima, the Director of Development Control, stated that his team had to do considerable investigation to determine the original owner of the land, considering the many claims made by the parties.
He claims that the Administration will not consider the status of any defaulting developer, once development rules and regulations are violated.
According to him: ” we demolished the duplex because somebody built without valid title and building plan approval on someone else land. Investigation revealed that the developer is not the owner of plot, that is why we had to remove the building.
” We allowed the building to this stage before demolishing it, because we had to follow all the processes. He was served all the notices to stop work, but being a recalcitrant developer, he continued without heeding to the notices we served.
” After our investigation we ascertained the original allottee, so we have to remove it. We are going to consult the legal department to know the next action against the developer”, he said.
