FCT MINISTER ORDERS FRESH DEMOLITIONS AT RIVER PARK ESTATE.

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, NYESOM WIKE has directed the Department of Urban Control to demolish new construction being carried out by Paulo Homes at River Park Estate, Abuja.

WIKE stated this to newsmen over the weekend during an inspection of the estate.

 He said the other party in the raging disagreement in the estate, Ghanaian company, Jonah Capital possessed an expired Development Lease Agreement, DLA, that prompted the revocation of Certificate of Occupancy, C of O, in line with clause 9.2 of the DLA.

 He also insisted that Paulo Homes was a third party that had no business with FCT Administration, adding that for the Canadian firm to enter into an agreement with a third party was also a contravention of one of the clauses of the lease agreement.

 In addition, he stated that the Federal Capital Territory Administration had agreed to give back the C of O to all Nigerians who may have either fraudulently obtained or built houses in the estate, saying no body intended to claim their property.