The Beterverwagting/ Triumph Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) yesterday said that it is fighting an attempt to “bully” it into giving over 143 acres of land under an aborted deal with John Fernandes Limited (JFL).
Emphasising that the council will not be bullied, BV/Triumph NDC Chair-man Jimmaul Bagot told a press conference on Friday that the local authority simply cannot sell what it doesn’t own, much less to a company it never had an agreement with.
He was making reference to a company listed as Mohamed’s Sons and Daughters Trading, Mining, Logging and Construction Inc, which has taken the NDC to court for it to be ordered to release to it some 143 acres located at BV, once it would have paid the balance of the $35 million purchase price.
