Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has promised to crack down on the cartels responsible for land racketeering in Abuja.
Wike promised to dismantle the cartel that was profiting from land swindling in the federal capital.
Speaking to a group of journalists on Friday, Wike recounted the erroneous distribution of lands to many entities.
Wike stated that following false allocations, employees of the Federal Capital Territory Authority, or FCTA, would request that individuals impacted file lawsuits.
According to Wike: “FCTA allocated land of over 300 hectares to a company in 2001, revoked it in 2022 and reallocated it to another company in 2005; they revoked it and reallocated it to the initial company without notice. In 2009, they revoked it and reallocated it to another company again.
“By next week, our legal team and external solicitors have arranged to defend FCTA on our land matters, what happens here is that even the leader of the secretariat will tell you to sue; they will sue without defending it, they won’t go to court. It’s business, it’s racketeering, and you will see judgments against FCT. This led to me demanding the files, but we are going to do it in a way that will help us.
“There is a cartel, and to bust it, you must be very prepared, and for me, I’m prepared and will face it.”
