Mother Stabs Herself to Death after Watching her Son Die During Abuja Demolition

Entrance into Abuja yesterday was shut
down and pandemonium took over on
the popular Kubwa-Zuba expressway
after a woman and her son tragically
lost their lives during the demolition of
Aluguyi Village, popularly known as
Lungu Village in the FCT.

According to angry natives, some
Federal Capital Development Authority
(FCDA) officials, in the company of well
armed military personnel, had stormed
their community at about 10am and
started demolishing houses along with
their belongings, not minding if people
were inside or not. A demolition they
said was unannounced and totally
inhumane.
An eyewitness, Mr. Joshua Iyah, told
reporters:

“During the
demolition, a primary
school boy came home
from school tired and
hungry, not
understanding what
was going on, he
entered their house to
change from his
school uniform and as
he was still inside the
house, that was when
the bulldozer
demolishing
their house and blocks
fell on the boy.
Attempts to rescue the
boy were not
successful because the
military and policemen
were using whips
against us. They even
prevented his mother
from rescuing him.
The boy died
immediately. When the
mother of the boy saw
what happened to her
child, she took a
broken bottle and
stabbed herself to
death.”

The woman’s death sparked an outrage
and the angry natives started a protest,
at about 12 noon. They barricaded the
expressway with burning tyres and
bricks. JethroIliya, another eye witness
said that they initially started the
protest inside Gwarinpa estate, but
when there was no response from the
FCT minister, Sen. Bala Mohammed or
relevant authorities, they decided to
move to Kubwa-Zuba expressway to
express their grievances. He said:

“To make matters
worse the policemen
shot two people, when
we were protesting
over the two people
shot, the military men
started shooting again
in the air. As I speak
to you, two people are
dead and two are
currently in the
hospital.
What wrong have we
done as natives of
Abuja to have given
our land to the federal
government? We have
given enough! They
have collected our
farmlands, we were
quiet, now they are
coming to chase us out
of our houses. We
have so many
graduates everywhere,
but no job, yet they
will say we are not
educated.

Enough is enough, we
have been pushed to
the wall. This is just
the beginning, we
cannot take this
anymore! Was it a
crime for us to have
given our land to
Nigeria? This is too
much, we are not
animals. They should
do the right thing in
Abuja, before it is too
late,” he said.