PULSE NG
The minister issued the threat while addressing journalists shortly after his inauguration on Monday, August 21, 2023.
Wike said all houses regardless of their owners’ status would go down if they are erected where they are not supposed to be built.
He said, “People who are distorting the master plan of Abuja, too bad. Look at refuse everywhere, those you’re paying for refuse collection, what are they doing? So, we must also sit down to look at different ways of waste management, it is very key.
“If you know you have built where you’re not supposed to build, it would go down. Be a minister of anywhere, be an ambassador, if you know you have developed where you are not supposed to develop, your house must go down.”
While reading the riot acts to landowners in the FCT, the former Governor of Rivers State also threatened that all restaurants built on green areas in the FCT would be demolished.
“Those who have taken over the green areas to build, sorry, our parks must come back, the green area must come back. If you hate green you must hate yourself.
“So, if you know anybody who is involved that has taken over the green areas, that has taken over the parks to where you turn to restaurants, no we will not accept that. Sorry, if your fathers have done that sorry. If your mothers have done that, sorry, there is nothing I can do, it will go down.”
