FCTA demolishes 100 houses on rail line

The Federal Capital Territory Administration ( FCTA) has removed over 100 illegal buildings obstructing road construction leading to Kukwaba II train station, in Karon-Majigi, Abuja.

It has also warned owners of illegal structures located on any of the approved road corridors within Abuja, to remove it or risk having it demolished without compensation.

The senior special assistant (Designate) to the FCT minister on monitoring, inspection and enforcement, Ikharo Attah, opined that the FCTA would not relent in its effort to rid Abuja of every illegal structure standing in the way of any project.

Attah who also expressed sadness over the loss being continuously incurred by victims of the demolition said that government would remain focused on citizen-oriented service delivery in all facets.

He also noted that the Kukwaba train station had been completed long ago and was ready for use, but the occupants of the illegal structures had refused to vacate the area, thereby slowing the road construction project.

“We are in Karon-Majigi to remove all illegal structures that are obstructing the road project to Kukwaba train station. We have to clear the houses wrongly built on these road corridors,” he said.