{"id":172793,"date":"2025-08-06T22:19:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T21:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fcta-taskforce-clears-wuse-shanties-and-seizes-weapons"},"modified":"2025-08-06T23:21:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T22:21:16","slug":"fcta-taskforce-clears-wuse-shanties-and-seizes-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fcta-taskforce-clears-wuse-shanties-and-seizes-weapons","title":{"rendered":"FCTA Taskforce Clears Wuse Shanties and Seizes Weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) have cleared makeshift structures and recovered dangerous weapons from suspected criminals during a raid in Wuse Zone 3, Abuja.<\/p>\n

The team also impounded about 20 vehicles during the operation.<\/p>\n

The operation, led by the Director of the Department of Development Control, Tpl. Muktar Galadima, took place in the early hours of Wednesday, August 6, 2025, despite heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n

The team moved into the area after it was identified as a major security threat.<\/p>\n

Speaking with journalists before and after the exercise, Galadima said the area had become a hub for illegal activities and posed a serious danger to the city.<\/p>\n

He explained that the action followed a directive by the FCT Minister for the multi-agency taskforce to intensify efforts to rid Abuja of criminal hideouts and illegal structures.<\/p>\n

Galadima said: \u201cWe have been able to identify a location that somehow poses a lot of challenge to the city\u2019s security and then a city\u2019s aesthetic quality and we have been able to clear the menace and even to chase away people of the questionable characters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis location was designated for a different purpose, and they were occupying it illegally,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to Abuja\u2019s master plan, this area is meant to be part of the Inner Northern Expressway, just like the Goodluck Jonathan Expressway,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Galadima also revealed that a follow-up operation would take place on Thursday.<\/p>\n

He urged property owners in the area to take advantage of the clearance and begin developing their lands according to the FCT Minister\u2019s directive.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe urged property owners to start developing their plots in line with the FCT Minister\u2019s directive, warning that undeveloped land may be revoked.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also speaking, Director of the Department of Security Services, Adamu Gwary, said intelligence reports showed that the location was being used by criminals as a hideout.<\/p>\n

Represented by Dr. Peter Olumuji, he displayed some of the recovered weapons and said: \u201cIf you look at some of these machetes I am holding here, these are the weapons most of these criminal elements who hybernate in this particular axis, normally use to attack unsuspecting passers-by and motoring public.\u201d<\/p>\n

He further explained: \u201cFrom here, they can go towards the National Mosque bridge and they can also access the Zone 1 bridge. So most of those complaints from the public or passers-by of being attacked are done by these miscreants in this area.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they attack, they do not only collect their valuables, they also go ahead to machete them with these machetes. Evidences abound in the various police posts around here,\u201d he assured.<\/p>\n

Head of Operations at the Directorate of Road Traffic Service (DRTS), also known as VIO, Deborah Osho, confirmed that about 20 vehicles were impounded during the exercise.<\/p>\n

Osho said some of the vehicles had been used in \u201cone-chance\u201d robberies and would not be released until proper documentation and heavy fines were enforced.<\/p>\n

She said the agency is working to ensure that vehicles used for crimes are taken off the streets and their owners face consequences.<\/p>\n

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