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The House of Representatives committee on Public Petition has threatened to arrest the Executive Secretary of the Federal capital territory Administration (FCTA), Olusade Adesola for refusing to explain his role in an alleged contravention of the building code of the federal capital territory (FCT).
Chairman of the committee, Michael Etaba, who issued the threat at the seating of the committee explained that the arrest warrant on Adesola would become necessary if he fails to appear before the committee on thursday to state his own side of the story, reports The Nation.
The committee’s position followed the adoption of the petition on the issue regarding plot AO9399 cadastral zone filed by the chairman of the House committee on Custom, Elder Leke Abejide.
Etaba said the committee was determined to dispense with the matter as soon as possible, wondering why Adesola chose to stay away from the hearing in spite the fact that he is based in Abuja.
Counsel to Abejide, Samuel Ajayi told reporters at the end of proceeding that he filed a similar petition in the office of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, the Director Department of Development Control, Muktar Galadima asking them to wade into the matter.
“The petition we have before the House is in respect to special appeal for the Chairman’s swift intervention on the development on a property at AO9399 cadestral zone contravening the building code of the FCT.
“We have a complaint in respect to a building going on there which trespassed into the rights of my client. We are urging the appropriate authority to take appropriate step address the issue.”
