Sarah NEGEDU
A civil society organisation, Pro-Impact Initiative, has raised the alarm over a surge in criminal activities in Kuchibedna community in Kafe District, after the recent demolition and enforcement exercises in the community.
While referring to a recent attack on officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration who were on enforcement duties in the area, the group described the renewed crime as a growing threat to public safety.
A statement issued by the Executive Director of Pro-Impact Initiative, Osamudiamen Isokpehi, the CSO called on the police and other security agencies to urgently check the situation and ensure law and order is restored.
According to him, “The unfolding criminalities in Kuchibena community are a source of concern to us. On Monday, November 24, 2025, officials of the Development Control Department came under attack during a post-removal cleanup exercise in Winning Clause Estate, during which their vehicle was vandalised in broad daylight.”
The CSO disclosed that the attacks escalated further on Wednesday night, when hoodlums destroyed buildings and set a truck carrying construction materials ablaze.
“The assailants vandalised a truck delivering construction materials into the estate and later set it ablaze. Several buildings were also affected, as window glasses were shattered during the attack. This is totally unacceptable “
Pro-Impact Initiative stated that its findings revealed that the enforcement actions by FCTA officials were backed by four court rulings, three from the FCT High Court and one from the Court of Appeal, which affirmed that the developers of Winning Clause Estate had fully compensated the indigenous community.
“Following our investigations, we make bold to state, like the judges of the four courts, that Winning Clause Estate has fully compensated those on its property and even overcompensated them,” the CSO said.
It also faulted the actions of a former Coordinator of the Satellite Towns Development Department, accusing him of misleading residents about compensation.
“Even he knows clearly that they have been compensated severally and even saw them with the money. So why is he now misleading them?”
The organisation therefore urged the FCT Commissioner of Police, the Director of the Department of State Services, DSS, and other security chiefs to act decisively to prevent further escalation.
“We hereby call on the FCT Police Commissioner, the Director DSS and other security chiefs in the FCT to immediately bring these criminal hoodlums to book before they wreak more dangerous havoc. Enough is enough,” the CSO said.
It would be recalled that the developers of Plot 67, Cadastral Zone C05, Kafe District, had compensated the community at least three times. That is in 2011, 2015, and 2016, but residents refused to vacate the land despite repeated court rulings affirming the company’s ownership.
Counsel to Winning Clause Nigeria Limited, Marx Ikongbeh, Esq, told journalists during an enforcement exercise that the land was allocated to the company in 2011, under the Abuja Mass Housing Programme and that compensation had been paid multiple times.
“Compensation was paid not once, not twice, but three times. In its 2016 judgment, the FCT High Court ruled that the natives had no legal claim to compensation and declared them trespassers who must vacate the land.”
Ikongbeh noted that even after the judgments, the community continued to expand illegally, encroaching into parts of Ring Road 3 and selling land to non-natives who constructed buildings without approval.
“The Court of Appeal, in February 2025, upheld the company’s ownership, directed the villagers to vacate, and mandated the FCT Minister to give the company vacant possession,” he said.
