“After going round the land his usual way of behaviour, he started shouting how they will take all this land and give it to an Igbo man.”
By Ishaya Ibrahim
A businessman, Linus Nicholas Ukachukwu, has accused minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, of unilaterally demolishing his multi-billion naira property on the ground that an Igbo man is not supposed to have that much land allocated to him in the Federal Capital Territory.
The demolished property, a 215 hectares of land where multiple luxury duplexes were being constructed, is located close to Asokoro, one of the choicest areas in Abuja.
The demolition was carried out by the FCT Development Authority with supervision from police and civil defence operatives.
In a report on AIT, Ukachukwu said the demolition was done in bad faith without any order of revocation. He also accused Wike of querying why all the land would be given to an Igbo man.
He said: “Wike called for a meeting over land. We went with our documents. After seeing what we have with our lawyer and the other people, Sunrise which they gave part of the land to, Wike said there is nothing on this. That the court should take effect.
“But after going round the land his usual way of behaviour, he started shouting how they will take all this land and give it to an Igbo man.”
“Nyesom Wike came, inspected our properties and asked why they’ll give that much land to an Igbo man, then they demolished it without court order”
— Businessman— 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐬 (@FirstObidient) March 31, 2024
