The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared a total crackdown on unauthorised car dealerships operating in Abuja’s designated green areas.
Mr Wike, who made the declaration after inspecting some ongoing projects in Abuja on Saturday, warned that defaulting vehicles would be impounded, auctioned, and their locations permanently shut down.
He expressed deep frustration over the illegal conversion of public parks and green belts into commercial auto marts, saying, “Parks have now turned to where they sell vehicles.”
He blamed the development largely on corrupt elements within the civil service who issued fraudulent allocation papers to unauthorised operators without ministerial approval.
“Before you know it, they’ve given out allocation papers to people to turn the green areas into where they will be selling vehicles.
