More documents from the Department of Land Administration of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Administration (FCTA) have exposed how under-fire FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, approved and issued Right of Occupancy and Certificate of Occupancy document to a proxy company in three weeks, a process which usually takes months for applicants.
SaharaReporters on Friday obtained the R of O and C of O documents issued to Saravera Nigeria Limited, both dated October 15 and November 11, with the latter document signed by the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike.
SaharaReporters had on Thursday reported that more documents from the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), indicted the FCT Minister, Wike’s personal lawyer, Ferdinand Orbih, and the former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Cross River State in the 2023 elections, Sandy Onor, in the Abuja land grabbing scandal.
Documents had shown that Onor is a director at ALEED Construction Limited with a total number of 500,000 shares, whom sources said is also Wike’s confidant.
Other documents from the CAC showed that the Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, Chinda, is also a serving director in one of such companies known as Saravera Nigeria Limited.
Also, Orbih who is a shareholder of the same ALEED Construction Limited with a total number of 500,000 shares, is the minister’s personal lawyer “that represents him in all his controversial cases.”
Meanwhile, the C-of-O issued by Wike partly reads, “THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT SARAVERA NIGERIA LIMITED whose address is 18, SUEZ CRESCENT, ZONE 4 WUSE, ABUJA, FCT, NIGERIA. Therein after caled the holder holders, which ferm shall include any person/persons in stle), is hereby granted a night of occupancy in and over the land described in the schedule, and more particularly in the plan printed hereto for a term of 99 years commencing from the 15th day of October, 2024 according to the true intent and meaning of the Land Use Act No. 6 of 1978 and subject to the provisions thereof and to the following special terms and conditions…
“Dated this 12th day of November, 2024, Given under my hand the day, month and year above written, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike con, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. This instrument is registered as No. 65538 at Page.”
SaharaReporters hadreported that CAC documents showed that another company, ALEED Construction Limited was registered on May 14, 1997 with a registration number 307460 and address at Agbada II, Shell Oil Location Road, Igwuruta, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as a private company limited by shares.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that Wike had been alleged to be notoriously taking over lands in several areas and reallocating them to his cronies, using “front companies” and rendering residents perplexed and homeless.
It was alleged that Saravera and Aleed Construction Limited are two of the front companies being used by the FCT minister, Wike and under the control of Kingsley Chinda and one Adapoyi Akor, to reallocate revoked lands to himself.
SaharaReporters learnt that already, the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) is under pressure to investigate Chinda and Wike for land racketeering as calls have been going to President Bola Tinubu to probe the land matters.
“The Southern leaders council wants CCB to arrest Wike, Chinda over the leaked evidence of abuse of office, land racketeering and violation of the Code of Conduct Act. They are also demanding that President Tinubu should prosecute the duo and the House of Reps must suspend Chinda,” a source had revealed to SaharaReporters.
“This is a documentary evidence of how Wike revokes innocent people’s lands like late Colonel Ogbebor and reallocates to himself using front companies managed and owned by his confidant, Kingsley Chinda, a sitting House of Reps member in violation of the Code of Conduct law and one Adapoyi, his agent,” the source added.
Top sources in the FCT Administration (FCTA) called for a probe and audit of all the lands revoked so far by Wike and reallocated.
“This is to unearth the dirty scandals like this Saravera company owned by Chinda and Adapoyi and used in cornering illegally revoked lands,” the source added.
SaharaReporters learnt that the second director in the company allegedly used for hijacking illegally revoked lands is Adapoyi Akor who also was used to execute most projects in Rivers State during Wike’s administration.
He is also said to be the contractor handling the present construction of judges quarters.
Another company in the land grabbing scandal is Garden City Mall, Port-Harcourt which is alleged to have ties with Wike.
“Nigerians are watching to see how DSS and President Tinubu will handle this smelly FCT land scam to either confirm or disapprove the rumour by Wike camp that the president is part of everything they do with peoples lands and his people are also beneficiaries,” another source queried.
SaharaReporters on Wednesday reported that residents of the Life Camp area in the Federal Capital Territory cried out in response to Wike’s revocation of their land interests.