FCDA Set To Demolish nPDP Secretariat In Abuja

 

The Federal Government has, through the Federal Capital Development Authority, marked the  national secretariat of the New Peoples Democratic Party at  the Maitama District in  Abuja for demolition.

Inscriptions on the wall and the gate of the building   on 4, Oyi River Crescent, show  that it was marked on October 11, 2013.

On a visit to the area on Monday, noticed  that an agency of the FCDA, Development Control, used red ink to inscribe the demolition notice on the wall and the gate of the building.

However, an Armoured Personnel Carrier, hitherto  stationed close to the building  and  a Police Monitoring  van   have  been  removed.

Only a riot policeman was seen  moving  round the area when our correspondent visited.

 Speaking on the plan to demolish the secretariat, the spokesperson for the New PDP, Chief Chukwuemeka Eze,  said it was an attempt by the Minister of the FCT, Sen. Bala Mohammed, to satisfy his paymaster.

 He also said the minister was determined to weaken the opposition, an action he said would fail.

 Eze said, “This will show the level of desperation  which the PDP officials and the FCT  Minister   want to use to attack and kill opposition in the country. But it will fail. It can’t weaken us.  “What is the reason   for the move to  demolish a building that has its plan and other documentation that are intact, including the certificate of occupancy. This is nothing but desperation.

 “But it is expected. A government that has no value for the rule of law can go to any extent to perpetrate any evil. We wait to see what would happen next.”

 Perhaps, in order to weaken the opposition, the Federal Government started using the FCDA to threaten the members of the New PDP some weeks ago.

The FCT administration had   revoked the Certificate of  Occupancy of a building belonging to   Alhaji Rabiu  Kwakwanso,  one of the seven governors behind  the New PDP.

An  event centre, A-Park, owned  by Sen. Aisha Al-Hassan, a staunch member of the   faction  has also  been marked for demolition.

The event centre is located near the OAU Quarters in Maitama District.

A former Governor of Gombe State, Sen. Danjuma Goje,   had his  security details withdrawn for allegedly showing support to the PDP faction.

The  security details of a former Governor of Kwara State, Sen. Bukoka Saraki, who is also  a member of the faction,  were withdrawn by the Police authorities.

Saraki is also being  investigated by the Special Fraud Unit, an arm of the Police, over alleged bonds he took while in office.

It was also gathered that the Police in Bayelsa State had declared  the chairman of the faction in the state, Chief Richard Kpodo, and secretary, Sivi Godswill,  wanted.

 Apart from them, other high ranking members of the party in the state were said to have been declared wanted for allegedly belonging to a political party alien to the Independent National Electoral Commission.