A group under the auspice of the civil society organisation, Pro-Impact Initiative, has decried the renewed wave of violence in the Kuchibena community of Kafe District, Abuja, calling on security agencies to urgently arrest and prosecute hoodlums who attacked officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and set ablaze a truck conveying construction materials.
The group expressed concern that the attacks, if left unchecked, could degenerate into broader security threats within the Federal Capital Territory. In a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, the Executive Director of the group, Dr. Osamudiamen Isokpehi, described the incidents as “reckless assaults on constituted authority” that must not be tolerated.
“The unfolding criminalities in Kuchibena community are a source of concern to us,” Isokpehi said.
“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.”
According to the group, the situation escalated when hoodlums launched another attack on Wednesday night, destroying buildings and setting a truck on fire.
“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,” the statement added.
The Pro-Impact Initiative stated that its findings showed that the enforcement actions taken by FCTA officials were backed by four court judgments 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 group said.
It faulted former Coordinator of the Satellite Towns Development Department, Tanko Yamaho, accusing him of misleading natives by claiming they had not received compensation.
“Even Yamaho himself knows clearly that they have been compensated severally and even saw them with the money. So why is he now misleading them?” the CSO queried.
The group urged the FCT Commissioner of Police, the Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), and other security chiefs to act decisively.
“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.”
It would be recalled that, the developers of Plot 67, Cadastral Zone C05, Kafe District, maintained that the Kuchibena community was compensated at least three times in 2011, 2015, and 2016 but refused to vacate the land despite repeated court rulings affirming the company’s ownership.
Counsel to Winning Clause Nigeria Limited, O. Marx Ikongbeh, Esq, told journalists during the enforcement exercise that the land was allocated to the company in 2011 under the Abuja Mass Housing Programme.
He explained that the company met a small settlement of about 20 houses when it took possession and initiated compensation procedures. However, despite receiving funds, the community repeatedly resorted to litigation.
“Compensation was paid not once, not twice, but three times,” Ikongbeh said.
“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.”
He noted that even after the judgment, the company continued to engage the community on humanitarian grounds, particularly as the settlement expanded due to illegal land sales.
“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 revealed that the community also demanded money for traditional rites to “relocate their ancestors,” a request that was granted in 2016 under an agreement brokered by the Sa’peyi of Garki.
Despite the judgments and multiple compensations, he said the community continued expanding illegally, encroaching into parts of Ring Road 3 and selling land to non-natives who constructed buildings without approval.
