Director, Department of Development Control, Federal Capital Territory Administration, Tpl Muktar Galadima, who led the operation, told reporters that the exercise became necessary to ensure smooth movement and tackle insecurity on the axis.
“The FCT Minister, therefore ordered for the opening of the road corridor and to ensure that all the bottlenecks along the road are cleared and part of it is the informal commercial activities. “The management has met with all the stakeholders -the market operators, traditional rulers and developers. In fact, the Director has visited them on more than three occasions and even delayed the demolition of this market.
He said: “Karmo has been on the ground. A lot of illegalities are seriously going on in this area. And if you look at the road corridor, there are lots of shanties and a lot of criminals are hibernating and at night a lot of them come out to commit crimes and criminal activities.