The FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, is facing a legal battle from an Abuja developer, Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Kamba, who wants him jailed for demolishing his Wuse property.
Kamba also plans to sue the FCTA's Development Control director for abusing his authority.
The FCTA had claimed that Kamba's duplex at Plot 226, Cotonou Street, Wuse Zone 6, which was under construction, was encroaching on someone else's land without a valid title and demolished it.
But Kamba's lawyer, Okechukwu C. Uju-Azorji, said in a press statement that his client had a legitimate claim to the plot, which he bought from the original allottee, Oyebade Lipede, who had built and rented a guest house on the plot for over 25 years before selling it to Kamba in 2019.
"Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Kamba purchased the property when Oyebade Lipede, the late Alake of Egbaland, was still alive," the statement said.
"When our client started developing the plot and renovating the existing guest house, a certain lawyer in Abuja filed a criminal complaint against him at the Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja for trespassing, alleging that the property belonged to Oyebade Lipede, the late Alake of Egbaland. The suit was dismissed on 1/9/2023 with the Grade 1 Area Court Judge advising the parties to take the matter to FCT High Court since it involved a title dispute.
"Instead of seeking a court declaration of title to the land, the said lawyer in Abuja was busy lobbying different segments of the Federal Capital Territory Administration where he apparently had some collaborators, who wrongly believed that the plot belonged to the late Alake of Egbaland."
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