The notice on the marked vehicles reads, “You are advised to stop parking your vehicle at non-designated location(s) within the Federal Capital City failing which appropriate sanctions will be imposed on any defaulter. There will be no compensation for defacement or damages to any vehicle in the course of enforcement.”
One of the defaced cars
This is coming after an Abuja high court last week ruled as illegal, the ‘Park and Pay’ scheme operated by the FCTA and the scheme was suspended by the FCT minister Bala Mohammed following the court judgement.
At O.P. Fingesi street, in Utako, a man taking pictures of the enforcement activities was brutalized by the soldiers for doing so.
According to an eyewitness, another man taking pictures of the team defacing parked vehicles from a balcony of one of the houses on the street was forcefully ejected from his house by the soldiers. He was dragged to the street and beaten up while his phone was smashed.
The Development Control Department then went on seal the building thus preventing other tenants entry.
Another victim, Emmanuel Inah, a staff of Empire Energy was rushed to the hospital for treatment after the severe beating he got for attempting to clean up one of the vehicles defaced with red paint. He was saved by a lady who got in between him and the soldiers to stop further beating.
Residents in Utako and Jabi districts however wondered why the military is involved in operations that are purely the duties of the police.
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