Wilson Adekumola
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Ahlaji Mohammed Musa Bello, has ordered the arrest of the official of Federal Housing Authority, and developers who were involved Gwarimpa building collapse.
The coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, AMMC, Umar Shuaibu, made this known at a news briefing on Saturday.
Mr Shuaibu disclosed that the minister directed the security operatives to arrest the FHA officer in charge of supervising the project.
The coordinator also said the minister directed the security personnel to arrest the FHA officer in charge of granting the development permit and the engineer supervising the development for alleged manslaughter.
According to NAN, the building under construction were said to have collapsed at about 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, at 6th Avenue in Gwarimpa Estate, trapping 24 persons. Three persons were confirmed dead while 21 were rescued alive.
The minister, commiserates with the families of the victims and residents of the FCT, over the unfortunate incident during a visit to the scene.
Shehu Ahmad, who was represented by the executive secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority, FCDA, Mr Bello said, “this is coming at a time when we are all trying as a nation to come out of this worrisome situation of building collapse.
“These are issues which the FCT environment was not prominent with, but because of some activities of quackery, this has come into the FCT and the FCT is not too happy with these happenings.”
The minister pointed out that it was the third time such an incident happened in the Gwarimpa Estate.
He said that the FCTA would leave no stone unturned to identify those involved in the unfortunate development.
” Preliminary report indicates that the land area where this property was standing doesn’t look well and stabilised. There is the presumption of inferior materials in the construction and workmanship.
“To this, the FCTA will take very seriously and engage the agencies involved to find a lasting solution to this type of embarrassment,” he said.
