Many prominent Nigerians, some of them former Ministers, ex-Governors, non-serving Senators, top politicians and other categories of highly-placed individuals and firms have lost the land allocated to them in Abuja by the Federal Capital Territory Administration.
The revocation order was issued through a public notice published as advertorial in the Friday edition of The Nation.
They lost the land over failure to develop them or contravention of relevant laws.
Among those affected are: ex-Governors/Senators Liyel Imoke and Joshua Dariye.
Imoke was Cross River State Governor, while Dariye served in Plateau State.
Also on the list are former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Kanu Agabi (SAN), and former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, who was presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25, 2023 presidential election.
Also revoked are properties allocated to now deceased former public office holders such as the late Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye; former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, late Ufot Joseph Ekaette; and the late publisher of Leadership newspaper, Sam Nda-Isaiah.
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There are 165 properties revoked by the FCTA in this batch.
Many companies have also lost their landed properties.
These include: Trade Bank, Wema Bank, Julius Berger and Pearl & Diamond Properties Limited.
A statement by the Permanent Secretary of the FCT, Olushade Adeshola, that accompanied the advertorial said: “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 conferred on him under Section 28 (5) (a) and (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 to wit non-development.”
The Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, had on assumption of office threatened to move against owners of land and properties either not developed or in use.