Residents of Trademore estate in Lugbe, Abuja protest planned demolition of the estate by officials of the Federal Capital Development Authority.
According to Channels, about 2,000 houses located in the Trademore area of the Federal Capital Territory might be demolished on Monday by the Federal Capital Development Authority.
The President of the Trademore Resident Association, Adewale Adenaike, in an interview said about 40,000 residents would be displaced if the planned demolition exercise was carried out.
He said “We have been reliably informed that the authorities are coming tomorrow (today) to demolish 2000 houses and displaced over 40,000 Nigerians living in the area.
“They have described this place as an illegal settlement but during the last elections, we had three polling units here. So, they can come to collect our votes and request payment for electricity bills but we are” illegal?.
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