Residents of the popular Games
Village Estate in Abuja have cried out over the blocking of their estate by
Lebanese community in Abuja over development of a disputed land within the
estate.
Secretary of the Games Village
Residents Association, Jude Uze, confirmed the development to newsmen on
Thursday.
His words: “Lebanese community said they have approval from the authorities to build a church inside the estate and we said no.”
“We don’t have Lebanese community in the estate, who are those that will be attending the church, we don’t know.
“This morning they just came in and they brought in a container claiming that development control have given them the authority to start work.
“They said they have been given the order that if they were not allowed access into the estate that they should block the access road to estate. That’s the container you are seeing, blocking the estate.
“The fact that we can’t access our estate is a big affront. Can we do this in Lebanon? Can a Nigerian do this in Lebanon?
A security officer in the estate, Mohammed Bala said, “we don’t know what is in that container, we are afraid, they could be anything in that container. We have send our people to Police”.
In his reaction, leader of the
Lebanese community, Albert Alwan confirmed that they acted “following
instructions by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello
and the development control.”
Alwan who led in the blockade of
the estate explained that they were denied access to the estate and had to
resort to blocking the access to the estate.
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This man wont to build church n u are stopping them to do the God wrk, can u do that to Muslims people.n now u are country issues
ReplyDeleteExcuse me, what are you trying to say?
DeleteLeave the goat,he has no point,he is trying absolutely hard to say nothing...
DeleteDude are you for real? How did this become a religious argument?
ReplyDeletePls which one is Lebanese church again? Is it a Christian Church? A new kind or a branch of an existing church?
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ReplyDeleteMumu that don't know himself
It is a slap on us as Nigerians! Whatever happens between us, Nigerians, Lebanese living in our country have no right to dictate to us. Unless foreigners living in Lebanon are given similar rights.
ReplyDeleteCan any African community does so in Beirut?
Security should give them close mark to surveillance the area.
ReplyDeleteIt appears the Lebanese want to take over the colonial rule of Britain! For years, it has been known that the Arabs control marginally the wealth of the North! Enough of this crazy idea of colonialism. Nigeria is a free country since 1960. The blockage of the road to the estate is an insult to the entire country. The Minister in charge of the Federal Territory should look into this sensitive issue and give directive!
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