According to reports, the cancellation of 165 plots of land in various affluent neighborhoods in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has affected a number of other powerful Nigerians and companies, including Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the general elections of 2023.
Wike has sworn to do whatever it took to achieve the restoration of the FCT master plan.
The revocation of land in places including Maitama, Gudu, and Wuye, which had the highest revocation (41), and Katampe, Katampe Extension, Wuse 2, Jabi, Utako, Idu Industrial zone, and Asokoro, which had the second highest revocation (39), was allowed by the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike.
This information can be found in a notice that the FCT administration published late on Thursday, September 21, 2023.
The allottees’ unwillingness to start construction within the allotted time frame resulted in the concerned plots being revoked, according to the administration.
The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA hereby informs the general public that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory has, in the exercise of the powers granted to him under Section 28(5)(a) & (b) of the Land Use Act 1978, revoked the under listed plots with names and titles as reflected in our records for continued contravention of the terms of development of the Right of Occupancy. The notice was signed by the Permanent Secretary, Olusade Adesola.
In Maitama district A05, some of the plots that were cancelled had names like Liyel Imoke, Musa Aboki Egu, Hassan Hadejia, and Ishaya Baba.
Sam Nda-Isaiah and Donubari Josephine Kogbara were among the names of the allottees in Jabi, and Peter Gregory Obi and BUA International were among those who resided in the Katampe district.
The names of other companies whose plots were canceled included Julius Berger Nigeria, Honeywell Construction, Uffot Joseph Ekaette, Shittu Mohammed, Udoma Udo Udoma, Kanu Agabi, Niki Niki Tobi, Ishaku Bello, and others.
This happened as a result of Wike’s prior threat to do whatever it took to ensure that the nation’s capital’s master plan was reinstated.
The Minister had vowed to remove undeveloped properties and those whose ground rents had not been paid in years upon taking office in August.
He then granted the allottees a two-week grace time to pay the ground rent or risk having their allocations revoked.