Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, said it considering the option of dragging errant estate developers to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for various economic losses, incured during demolition of illegal structures.
This, it said would be an additional punitive measures, beside prosecuting in FCT Urban and Regional Tribunal.
This disclosure was made by the Director, Department of Development Control, Muktar Galadima when he led other Management staff to demolish illegal encroachment and structures in water channels, around Kukwaba District.
Galadima noted that apart from the resources that government waste in course of the demolition exercise, the developers also suffer avoidable economic losses.
According to him, the case of the developers in Kukwaba demonstrates how responsible citizens ought not to handle economic activities.
He disclosed that the developers know that the area they encroached upon was a reserved green area, because it is located on water channels, yet they were illegally selling to off takers and also building on it.
