The federal capital territory’s (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike, claims that Praco International Limited, a real estate company, was given the land without permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BACKGROUND<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last week, the real estate firm accused the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) of \u201cillegal\u201d demolition of its property in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chukwudubem Ezekwelu, the firm\u2019s project manager, said the estate situated at plot 581, cadastral zone, Kugbo, with registration number FCDA\/DC\/BP\/ASD\/29163, was demolished despite \u201cauthentic and lawful title and approvals on the property”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the estate developers presented a substantive court order from an FCT high court to prevent the demolition of the property, but officials of the development control department of the FCDA \u201crebuffed and ignored\u201d it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WIKE: WE TOLD THE FIRMS NOT TO DO ANYTHING ON THE LAND<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking with reporters on Tuesday in Abuja, Wike said there was no minister in the FCT during the period which the land was allocated to the estate developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The minister said he had a meeting with estate developers and instructed them to halt construction on their sites until a final decision is taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey (estate developers) came with their lawyers, senior advocates, and I said look, what is this? Company A presented their own (documents), company B presented their own, company C, company D, company E,\u201d Wike said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI said okay, I am going to seek for advice from external solicitors. I am not going to take from inside house because the legal secretariat and land department have been so compromised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, I sought the views of very senior lawyers. Two of them wrote to me different opinions but arriving at the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First of all, what happened? This land was allocated when there was no minister. The minister left May 29th 2023. By June, the land was allocated by the director of land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When we met with the companies, we told them don\u2019t do anything again until we are able to take a final decision. Do you know what happened? These guys thinking they are too smart went on and started fencing and then allocated the land to people to buy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey sued me as FCT minister. I am not even aware of the suit. You know these guys\u2026 they think we are in PDP Anambra state. They have court judgements in their pockets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The federal capital territory’s (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike, claims that Praco International Limited, a real estate company, was given the land without permission. BACKGROUND Last week, the real estate firm accused the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) of \u201cillegal\u201d demolition of its property in Abuja. Chukwudubem Ezekwelu, the firm\u2019s project manager, said the estate situated …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fct","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t