Nigeria: ...As Forum Drags FCTA to Court

9 August 2012

Hearing into the suit filed against the FCT Administration by some residents of Tundun Wada, Sauka Kauta communities and Lugbe Federal Housing at an Abuja High Court, seeking to restrain the administration from demolition the villages will commence today.

Mr. Tijani Ismaila Olabode and ten other residents of the villages, had under the aegis of 'Grassroot Peoples Welfare Union Forum', filed a suit on August 2, 2012, demanding for resettlement or alternative accommodation if the demolition, which they described as illegal and unconstitutional, is carried out by the FCTA.

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