Residents of Committee on Resettlement and Development Layout , Lugbe, Airport Road in Abuja, have cried out to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Barr. Nyeson Wike to prevail on one Paul Odili, the developer and owner of River Park Estate, Lugbe, Airport Road from demolition of their houses and forceful possession of their land.
They also accused him of ignoring an order by the National Assembly Committee on land, including an AIG of Police in charge of land matters who had invited him for further investigation to embark on illegal demolition of their houses with paid thugs and security men, who beat, maim, intimidate and chase them out of their homes.
Speaking on the demolition, the CRD Community President, Abduwasi Mustapha, said for over 10 to 15 years he had lived in the area peacefully, he had never witnessed the kind of harassment and desperation that is currently being carried out by Paul Odili on the pretense that he wanted to claim his allocated land by Federal government.FINANCIAL CRISIS: DisCos pay N21.
On the legal status of the matter, he said, ‘‘We found that he has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court after he lost at both high and appeal courts. And in the Supreme Court, there’s not even any presentation paper. ‘‘What I know is that people bought this place, built houses and began to live in peace. There were no problems until 2007, we were surprised to see a young man named Paul Odili, who came to lay claims that he bought this same land we live in.