The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), yesterday, commenced demolition of illegal structures on the proposed transit way corridor along Mabushi and Katampe Districts of Abuja.
  
The FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, had during an unscheduled visit to the area, regretted that illegal structures had become the den for suspected criminals.
 
The Guardian gathered that scavengers otherwise known as ‘Baban Bolas’, mechanics and furniture makers are among those mostly affected by the operation, described as the mother of all enforcement exercises, as it involved demolition, clearance and evacuation of large cashew plantation and shanties.   
  
Wike, who described the place as an eyesore, said the area is like the kind of place where people commit crime and run into to take refuge.
  
“We will do anything possible we can to see we reduce the level of crime, and we will not allow these people to continue, because this is an eyesore, so make sure you clear this immediately. 
  
“It is most unfortunate what we are seeing, so there is no notice as you must chase them out now, and clear the entire place,” he added.

Fielding questions from newsmen, Coordinator of FCT city management joint task team, Mukhtar Galadima, said the hitherto encroached area consists of a proposed dual mode of transportation – the bus and tram line, transversing the city across almost all the Districts.
  
He lamented that a large portion of the road network stretch has become a scavengers’ colony between Mabushi and Katampe Districts of the Territory.