Stay away from revoked lands or be prosecuted, FCTA warns former owners

The federal capital territory administration (FCTA) has warned former owners of revoked lands in Abuja to stay away from the properties.

Mukhtar Galadima, the director of the FCTA’s department of development control, gave the warning on Sunday after his team stopped some former owners of revoked lands in Maitama from continuing development on the sites.

Nyesom Wike, minister of the FCT, revoked 165 plots of land in the nation’s capital for continuous contravention of the terms of agreements as contained in section 28(5) (a) &(b) of the Land Use Act.

Accompanied by some security personnel, the development control officials, confiscated building equipment found on the sites and arrested some of the workers.

Galadima described the attempt as “worrisome”, in spite of the revocation order placed on the lands.

“The FCTA minister has revoked some plots for non – development and also gave the last warning on abandoned buildings since December 2022,” NAN quoted him as saying.

“It is unfortunate that those revoked properties, some people are trying to come back and work on them, particularly on weekends.

“We got information that some owners of the revoked lands are moving to the site in violation of the order.

“We are on this operation to ensure that nobody goes back to all the revoked plots to work on them.

“We also want to use this opportunity to warn the public that any revoked property that somebody is trying to work on, the FCTA will not only remove such structures but will ensure prosecution of the person involved.”