The Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority (ECTDA), has said it demolished buildings at the Enugu Centenary City for lack of proper approval from the state government.<\/p>\n
Mr Uche Anya, the Executive Chairman, ECTDA, stated this on Saturday\u00a0 in Enugu while reacting to the online trending video alleging that Enugu Government\u00a0 demolished over 200 buildings at the Centenary City.<\/p>\n
In the said video, a man was seen appealing to Gov. Peter Mbah to come to their aid and prevent further demolition of people\u2019s investment.<\/p>\n
The man in the video alleged that he bought the land while\u00a0 the necessary documents were given to him and wondered why his building would be marked for demolition.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey asked us to come back home and\u00a0 this is what they are doing to us. This is my only building in Enugu and ECTDA marked it for demolition. They should tell us what to pay instead of demolishing\u00a0 our houses,\u201d he said in the video.<\/p>\n
Reacting, Anya described the buildings demolished as illegal development without titles and approval from the Enugu State Government, adding that they were given notices to remove the illegal structures.<\/p>\n
He added that in the course of the demolition, the agency bursted into kidnappers in a building at the isolated part of the estate.<\/p>\n
Anya said kidnappers were arrested from the building while a lot of guns, 24 mobile phones, eight CCTV Cameras with SIM Cards were recovered from them and handed over to the police.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are not discussion this one\u00a0 online,\u201d Anya said.<\/p>\n
Explaining how the land came to be,an ECTDA staff who pleaded anonymity, told News Agency of (NAN), that Amechi community in Enugu South Council Area\u00a0 gave the land to the then Old Anambra State Government.<\/p>\n
He stated that after the creation of Enugu State in 1991, the state inherited the land to build permanent site for Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT).<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the former governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani was in power, he moved ESUT to Agbani and the state government converted the land\u00a0 to Centenary City Estate.<\/p>\n
\u201cAmechi and the neighbouring communities began to sell part of the land to individuals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He added that, \u201cWhat we are saying is that those individuals should go to government and obtain appropriate approval but they refused to do it.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we demolished less than 30 buildings\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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