FCTA Suspends Monarch Over Security Breach

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has suspended the Chief of Anagada, Malam Alhassan Musa, in Gwagwalada Area Council.

The traditional ruler was suspended over security reports that indicted him.

The FCT Minister of State, Ramatu Aliyu, who revealed this during a meeting with all graded chiefs in the territory warned that the FCTA would not spare any traditional ruler aiding and abetting criminality in his domain.

Aliyu, who expressed confidence in the traditional institution, however, stated that with the recent insecurity challenges in some parts of the territory, the graded chiefs should be in constant touch with the village heads.

She, however, assured that the FCT Administration would soon embark on “operation know your neighbour, stay safe, and stay alive”, stressing that such a move would enable the administration to profile total strangers who do not have any business staying in the country’s capital.

The Minister, in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja by her Special Assistant Media, Austine Elemue said: “Regrettably, we are starting this gathering with security report indicting one of the royal fathers in Gwagwalada Area Council. I don’t know how it will end, but we must begin to look closely at ourselves or activities.

“It is not in our character, no matter the level of poverty, to betray the trust bestowed on you as a traditional ruler and the custodian of our traditions.

“Go and discuss with your various village heads and give them a sound warning that those found wanting will not be spared. And no one has the right to accommodate strangers or group of people, especially now that we are facing challenges of insecurity.

“You cannot accommodate strangers you do not know. The people you accommodate can betray you. The people you harbour in your communities can be informants or bandits. At the end of the day, we battle with insurgents.”

The Chairman of FCT Traditional Council of Chiefs and the Ona of Abaji, His Royal Majesty (HRM) Alhaji Adamu Baba Yunusa, on behalf of other royal fathers, assured the minister that her message would be handed down to the village heads.

The royal father also appealed to the authorities to do everything possible to fill the gaps in some chiefdoms.