Federal Capital Territory Administration, on Monday, pulled down a fully completed multimillion-naira duplex building on a plot belonging to the late Alake of Egba land, Oba Oyebade Lipede.
The building located on Plot 226 Cadastral Zone A02 Wuse 1, Wuse, Zone 6 District, is said to belong to Oba Lipede, but was fraudulently taken over by the duo of Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed Kamba and Alhaji Ademu Teku, who illegally constructed the duplex against all warnings.
Department of Development Control Director, Mukhtar Galadima, said his team had to carry out an extensive investigation to ascertain the original owner of the plot, following varying claims put forward by the parties.
Galadima said the FCTA would 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 a valid title and building plan approval on someone else’s land. Investigations revealed that the developer is not the owner of the plot, which 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 the notices we served.
“After our investigations, we ascertained the original allottee, so we had to remove it. We are going to consult the legal department to know the next action against the developer.”