FCT demolishes 100 shanties, brothel

The Federal Capital Territory’s Department of Development Control on Thursday demolished about 100 shanties and a brothel at the Apo Mechanic Village, Abuja.
The shanties were removed because the plots on which they were built belonged to legal allottees that were preparing to develop their plots.
Speaking at the site of the demolition, the site officer, Samson Atureta, said the exercise was carried out because the Mechanic Village had been bastardised by the allotees, despite the prototype given to them.
Atureta explained that the prototype given to allottees indicated that the ground floor be used as workshop and the top floor as residence. But he said this design was not followed.
Development Control Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Josie Mudasiru stated that the shanties constituted a security risk, adding that the brothel was demolished because it was not approved for the area.
Mudasiru said that the demolition which was also extended to Guzape district, was meant to rid the area of illegal buildings and shanties, adding that the department would soon write land allottees to complete their abandoned buildings to avoid demolition.