The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has approved the demolition of Garki, Jabi, and the other 28 slums that had earlier been surveyed by the Federal Capital Development Authority before this administration.

According to the FCTA, the demolition will affect about 6,000 buildings that have been marked in an effort to rid the territory of shanties and illegal structures.

The FCTA said the demolition would affect 30 areas across the Federal Capital Territory.

On Monday, after his inauguration as Minister, Wike, who is the immediate past governor of Rivers State, vowed to restore the master plan of the FCT, saying that all illegal structures would be demolished and that his administration was ready to end land speculation.

He said he had moved around the FCT in the night to see things for himself and lamented that the master plan of the territory has been distorted by illegal structures in green areas of Abuja, insisting they will be demolished.

“At least 6,000 illegal structures in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) across 30 areas might be demolished by the Federal Government.

Wike said: “We will take back our land and give it to those who want to develop, and you must sign that you must develop at so and so time.’’

However, the Director of the FCTA Department of Development Control, Muktar Galadima, said a new survey will be conducted.

“We would find time to go back and conduct a new survey, noting that the last survey carried out was in February 2022.

Areas marked for demolition according to information that has been authenticated by the FCTA are:

1. Apo Mechanic Village

2. Byanzhin.

3. Dawaki

4. Dei Dei.

5. Durumi.

6. Dutse.

7. Garki.

8. Garki Village.

9. Gishiri.

10. Gwagwalada.

11. Idu.

12. Jabi.

13. Kado Village

14. Karmo.

15. Karshi.

16. Karu.

17. Katampe.

18. Ketti Village

19. Kpaduma.

20. Kabusa.

21. Kpana Village.

22. Kubwa.

23. Lokogoma.

24. Lugbe.

25. Mabushi.

26. Mpape.

27. Nyanya.

28. Piya Kasa.

29. Jikwoyi

30. Galadima