Enugu govt. denies alleged mass demolitions
The Enugu State Government has denied the alleged mass demolitions of properties erected in the Centenary Village. A video had recently circulated on social media wherein a skit maker Mr. Egwu made the accusation against the state Governor Peter Mbah.
But, in an official reaction, the state government said that the allegations were false.
Aka Eze Aka, commissioner for information, and the Chairperson of the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, Uche Anya, jointly denied such demolition took place in the Centenary Village.
They said that no building among those marked for demolition had been brought down. They added that the affected buildings lack necessary building approvals and have become criminal hideouts.
“The culprits did not only erect the structures without any title and approval, they got inside this place pretending to be doing block industry, whereas as you can see, they were into nefarious activities,” Aka told journalists.
He added, “This is because we also have a human feeling to allow these houses for them to be regularised; they just went about to recycle old videos where some property were destroyed by past administrations.”
The commissioner’s counterpart, Anya said that the agency would not “succumb to blackmail, including recycling and trending of videos of past demolitions.” He added that the agency he heads is determined to restore the urban master plan of the government and would not tolerate unapproved properties.
“We took the initiative to mark the affected property in October 2023, issuing notices that should accord the developers a window to regularise their titles/properties, if any.
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“For emphasis, even though the notices had since expired, no unapproved but completed or occupied building was demolished during the exercise.
