Niger Delta leader, Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor has accused the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, of land grabbing, urging President Bola Tinubu to probe the minister.
The Niger Delta woman leader raised the allegation after the confiscation of her late husband’s property by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) headed by Wike.
The property belongs to late Col. Paul Ogbebor, husband of the Niger Delta woman leader, Lori-Ogbebor. She lamented that her husband’s sweat was about to be taken away by Wike and handed over to one Chinda, according to her alleged investigations in the CAC. She said CAC documents indicated that the company now claiming ownership of her husband’s property, belongs to a three-term House of Rep member, Hon. Chinda. She claimed the lawmaker is a proxy for the minister. She made the disclosure during an interview on Arise News on Wednesday.
According to Chief Lori-Ogbebor, her husband, who died during the COVID-19 pandemic, legally acquired the land when his company, Paulson Nigeria Limited worked on the sewage of Abuja after it became the Federal Capital Territory. At the time, she said there were no structures, hence, all landowners were given temporary title certificates.
According to Chief Lori-Ogbebor, several efforts to acquire a certificate of occupancy were in the works, with N10 million paid to FCTA until Wike was appointed as minister.
In November, the FCTA served quit notice to the property owners claiming they were occupying the land illegally.
Chief-Lori Ogbebor has faulted the claim, alleging it is a land grabbing scheme of the minister.
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