Protest as Niger Residents reject alleged move to Adopt Abuja.
The residents, who […] Tension is mounting in Dakwa community as residents have accused a district head appointed by the Esu of Bwari of allegedly harassing them and forcing them to abandon their Niger State identity for Abuja, amid growing concerns over a possible boundary dispute between the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Niger State.
The residents, who protested at the palace of His Royal Highness, Malam Muhammadu Auwal Ibrahim, on Saturday, accused the district head, Alhassan Babachukuri, also known as Sarkin Alhassan, of demanding that they change their property allocation documents from Niger State to the FCT.
They said their families had lived in Dakwa for generations and maintained that their properties and allocation documents fell under Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State.
Speaking with Daily Trust at the venue of the protest, the District Head of Zuba, Malam Halilu Abubakar Garba, said the dispute started after the appointment of Babachukuri as the district head of Dakwa. Garba said the appointment had triggered alleged harassment of residents, including attempts to compel them to identify with Abuja despite their insistence that they belonged to Niger State. ”They have been in Dakwa all this while. Their grandparents and great-grandparents have been there and lived peacefully until the coming of one man called Alhassan Babasukudi, whom the Etsu of Bwari appointed as the district head of Dakwa.
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