Buhari, Akume, Onnoghen, others suffer loss as wike revokes 762 plots in Abuja

Others are former Governors Rochas Okorocha, Ben Ayade of
Cross River, Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, Shaaba Lafiagi of Kwara, Ahmad Sani of
Zamfara and Kabiru Gaya of Kano.

Former and current federal lawmakers affected are Enyinnaya
Abaribe, Abdul Ningi, Sunday Karimi, Abdulfatai Buhari, Dino Melaye, Barnabas
Gemade, Shehu Sani, Adeyemi Adaramodu, Abba Moro, Danjuma La’ah and Abdulmumin
Jibrin.

Also revoked were lands belonging to Agom Jarigbe, Obinna
Chidoka, Nicholas Mutu, Dan Reneiju, Ezenwa Oyewuchi, Chinyere Igwe, David
Umaru, Oluwole Oke and Oker Jev.

In the announcement made on Thursday, the FCTA said, “The
Federal Capital Territory Administration wishes to inform the allottee
(s)/title holder (s) of plots of land in Maitama 1 who have failed to make
payment for their Certificate of Occupancy (C-of-O) bills after the expiration
of grace period granted by the Honourable Minister, Federal Capital Territory
that their Right of Occupancy to the land/property have been withdrawn,
pursuant to the provisions of Section 28 of the Land Use Act of 1978 for
contravention of the terms of grant which obligated the title/interest holders
to settle all bills.”

Section 28 of the Land Use Act, to which the FCTA notice
referred, stipulates how landed properties vested in individuals can be revoked
by authorities. Subsection Five (5) empowers state governors (the Minister of
the FCT in the case of Abuja) to revoke a statutory right of occupancy on the
ground of-

(a) a breach of any of the provisions which a certificate of
occupancy is by section 10 of this Act deemed to contain;

(b) a breach of any term contained in the certificate of
occupancy or in any special contract made under section 8 of this Act.