The minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has vowed demolish properties distorting the master plan of Abuja on his first day in office.
The former governor of Rivers State he will not take it easy with all those people who are distorting the master plan of Abuja.
“If you know you have built where you’re not supposed to build, it will go down,” Wike said during a press conference in Abuja on Monday, moments after taking his oath of office at the State House.”
Continuing he said, for anyone who has developed where they are not supposed to, even if the culprit is a minister or an ambassador, “your house must go down”.
Wike’s threats also went out to landowners who had taken over “the green areas” to build properties, saying those areas must be recovered.
“If you hate green, you must hate yourself. So, if you know you have anybody involved that who has taken over the green areas or has taken over the parks to where you now do restaurants, no, we will not accept that. Sorry,” he said.