Residents
of the popular Games Village Estate in Abuja have cried out over the blocking
of their estate by Lebanese community in Abuja over development of a disputed
land within the estate.
Secretary
of the Games Village Residents Association, Jude Uze, confirmed the development
to newsmen on Thursday.
His
words: “Lebanese community said they have approval from the authorities to
build a church inside the estate and we said no.”
“We
don’t have Lebanese community in the estate, who are those that will be
attending the church, we don’t know.
“This
morning they just came in and they brought in a container claiming that
development control have given them the authority to start work.
“They
said they have been given the order that if they were not allowed access into
the estate that they should block the access road to estate. That’s the
container you are seeing, blocking the estate.
“The
fact that we can’t access our estate is a big affront. Can we do this in
Lebanon? Can a Nigerian do this in Lebanon?
A
security officer in the estate, Mohammed Bala said, “we don’t know what is in
that container, we are afraid, they could be anything in that container. We
have send our people to Police”.
In his
reaction, leader of the Lebanese community, Albert Alwan confirmed that they
acted “following instructions by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,
Mohammed Bello and the development control.”
Alwan
who led in the blockade of the estate explained that they were denied access to
the estate and had to resort to blocking the access to the estate.
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