The Department of Development Control of
the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council on Thursday demolished illegal
structures allegedly inhabited by commercial sex workers located off
the popular Gimbiya Street, Area II, Abuja.
The structures built with woods and
numbering 42 were pulled down by a caterpillar and set ablaze by
officials even as the prostitutes hurried to salvage their belongings.
Assistant Director, Enforcement and
Monitoring, Nathaniel Atebije, who led the operation, said the ladies of
easy virtue were warned earlier to remove the illegal structures.
He said the settlement was discovered by
development control officials, adding that the FCT Administration would
not allow illegal communities to be set up for security reasons.
“We had earlier cautioned the inhabitants
of the settlement who are prostitutes to vacate the area, but they were
adamant. We found people of questionable characters in the shanty
village and we have to demolish the place as it constitute an eye sore
to this area,” Atebije stated.
Meanwhile, the FCT Administration said it
had constructed and completed three Police Stations and 11 Police Posts
in Life-Camp, Jabi, Wuye, Utako, Wuse Zone 4, Maitama, Wuse Zone 7,
Garki II, Garki Area 3, Daki-Biyu and Garki Area 10.
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