Arts and Crafts Village Was Used As Drug Deb And Criminal Hideout, Runsewe Reacts to Detention Order

Director General of the National Council for Arts And Culture (NCAC), Olusegun Runsewe has said he is being victimised for shutting down Arts and Crafts village.

This is coming barely 24-hours after a court ruling that sentenced him to prison for contempt of court.

Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, Runsewe insisted that his current travails are linked to his refusal to relinquish the Arts and Crafts village located in the Central Business District, Abuja to ‘interested persons.’

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While stating that the property was shut down because it was being used as a drug den and hideout for criminals, the NCAC boss disclosed further that the Nigerian Police has since ordered that it should be reopened.

Runsewe refused to entertain further questions on the court order committing him to prison for contempt of court over the structure that is valued at N9.8 billion.

Recall that Justice Jude Okeke of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday sentenced Runsewe, to prison.

The judge gave the order in his ruling on a motion drawn from a suit filed by Ummakalif Limited against the Minister of the FCT; Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA); DG of NCAC, and the Minister for Culture and Tourism, as the first, second, third and fourth defendants respectively.

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