Abuja community evicted to build Nigeria's capital: 'We want a voice in our land'

Lami Ezekiel, now in her 80s, recalls construction crews arriving in her ancestral home in Maitama, which was destroyed to build Abuja. Residents, whose lands were replaced by government buildings, are still waiting for promised compensation. Daniel Aliyu Kwali, president of the FCT Stakeholders' Assembly, notes that some communities have lived in the area for over 6,000 years, despite the Federal Capital Territory being only 50 years old.