UK-based nurse tackles Abuja agency over property demolition

Christina Umolu, a nurse living in the United Kingdom, has accused authorities of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council of demolishing her residence at Plot 34, Phase AA3, behind the NNPC in Kuje, Federal Capital Territory.Information Guide Nigeria

PUNCH Metro gathered that Umolu purchased the property in 1993 and was given a right of occupancy by the Cadastral Section of Land Survey of Federal Capital Development Authority, Abuja, for the land.

The nurse claimed she erected the Leah-Jada-Joseph Clinic on the land and that sometime in 2020, one Juliet began claiming ownership of the land.

Umolu stated that the matter had been charged to the Federal Capital Territory High Court in order to identify who was the lawful owner of the land.

Umolu said, “I bought the land in 1993 and I was given all the official documents including my right of occupancy. They allotted me plot 34 and I had been running my medical outfit there ever since. But in 2020, a woman named Juliet came and said she owned the land.NYSC portal

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“At that time, I was not in the country but the case was taken to court and the pronouncement had not been given when I suddenly heard that the Department of Development control under the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council demolished my property, chasing away all my doctors and nurses as well as destroying equipment worth over N600m.

“I came to Nigeria to contest my land, presented all my documents to the AMMC and we found out that Juliet’s property was plot 64 and not 34. The AMMC made the mistake of not checking their books properly or doing a thorough investigation before pulling down my property.”

Umolu stated that the agency presented her with a demolition order prior to the demolition, and that despite giving appropriate documentation to the agency to substantiate her claim, its personnel nonetheless proceeded to demolish the property.JAMB portal

The doctor who was evicted sought the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Mohammed Bello, to intercede in the situation, claiming that her property was demolished unlawfully and without due process.

She said, “When the agency realised that it made a mistake in demolishing my property, its officials called me to present all my documents and said they would appease me.

“But I am beckoning on the esteemed office in the capacity of the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Mohammed Bello, to intervene and call the reported office to order, for obstructing the course of justice with their alleged complicity as recourse to the pending subject matter which is yet to be affirmed in the favour of the claimant, Juliet Ezeoke, via a pronounced judgement and valid court order, as their continued breach or actions can be likened to contempt of the court.”JAMB Result

When contacted, Muhktar Galadinma, the Director of Development Control, declined to comment over the phone, instead directing Punch’s correspondent to his office in Abuja for a response.

She did, however, explain that without a final ruling from the court, the agency’s agents invaded her medical center, forced her employees out, wrecked her building, and destroyed medical equipment worth N600 million.

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