Court Seals Off Abuja Banex Plaza

The popular Banex Plaza located in Wuse 2, Abuja, was on Friday
sealed off on the alleged order of a magistrate court.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abuja
Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) had gone to court asking for
the vacation of the premises by Banex Plaza tenants.

Mr Chibuike Nzedinma, Chairman, Banex Plaza Wuse 2 Tenants
Association, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the closure
was uncalled for.

Nzedinma said that the board failed to officially notify them
about the said court order.

“Some weeks back, the AEPB told us that they were going to use
the plaza as a mobile court.

“But we could not see any mobile court on the said date, I
personally went round to check but could not see, surprisingly,
today (Friday) they sealed off some of our shops,” he said.

The chairman, who sued for calm, said they would seek redress in
court for such an order to be vacated.

Also, Mrs Nkoli Unachukwu, a tenant, said that such closure was
detrimental to economic development of the country.

Unachukwu said that they had lost millions of Naira due to the
closure.

She called on the Federal Government to intervene to prevent
shut down of business in the plaza.

AEPB had allegedly demanded to use the premises for mobile
court.

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