Standup9ja: Tension in Abuja Games Village as Lebanese
nationals block gate [PHOTO]
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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