Nigeria, Sept. 16 -- Residents of District Centre Layout Extension Phase IV, in Kubwa, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, are groaning over "humongous tenement rates" imposed by the local government.

Their lawyer, Olufunsho Isaac, has sent a letter to the Chairman of Bwari Area Council, John Gabaya, a copy of which was shared with PREMIUM TIMES, expressing the residents' pains and disappointment.

"How does one justify an average bill of N140,000 on mere two-bedroom flats and other higher billings?" the lawyer wrote.

Some residents who spoke with our reporter said the charges were arbitrarily levied without valuation of property as provided for in the tenement law of the council area.

Some of them also comp...