Abuja’s Indigenous People Using Deception To Promote Illegalities — FCTA

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday raised the alarm that Gbagyi indigenous people were using deception to promote illegalities in Abuja.

It was gathered that the indigenes who illegaly sold out land to non indigenes were inscribing “Gbagyi House” on illegal structures marked for demolition.

Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Monitoring inspection and Enforcement, Ikharo Attah who raised the alarm, said indigenous people at Kabusa were collecting money from non indigenes to save illegal structures that were already marked for demolition.

Attah warned that such actions were contributing to the growing illegalities among the indigenous communities, where people were taking advantage of fallow land.

He noted that because government was saving indigenous people’s houses, pending when they are compensated, non indegenes were falling to the trap of illegalities.

Attah said, “We are not touching houses of the indigenous people, we are clear on that. They have rights to resettlement and compensation but those who are non indigenes who have become so mischievous to go and write all over their houses, ‘Gbagyi House’ ‘Gbagyi House’ we see that there and when we get there.

” we know the indigenous houses, we have men who are under cover agents and have been living there and have guided it. So those who are non indigenes and are writing indigenes house on their building, we will remove all of them.

“The original indigenes are here. The chiefs are here, the SSA to the Minister on Youths and Community Relations is here. They know their houses and we also know the indigenous houses as well. Those who collect money from non indigenes to give them cover will not stand.