THE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF DISAGREE ON OWNERSHIP OF MAITAMA EXTENSION

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tu­kur Brutai, has dis­agreed with the Minister of the Federal Capital Ter­ritory (FC), Mohammed Bello on the ownership of Maitama Extension Es­tate. It was re­called that the Army had on September 13, 2016, without any provocation deployed soldiers to the district and drove out workers of Kakaata Con­struction Company, who were engaged to
provide engineering infrastruc­ture for the district and sealed off the road leading to the estate.

Mediating between the FCT authorities led by the minister and the representatives of the Chief of Army Staff led by Maj-Gen. Pat Ake on the rightful owners of the land, the Chairman Sen­ate Committee on FCT, Senator Dino Melaye said the committee was com­pletely dismayed when it received petitions from members of the public and read from pages of the Dailies about the sud­den seizure of 238 heaters of land spanning over 400 plots in Maitama Exten­sion District in Abuja by the Nigeria Army. According to him the action of the Army was without notification to the allottees of the plots or the FCT Minister who is saddled with the admin­istrative responsibility for the territory. He cited section 297 (2) of 1999 Constitution as amended further affirmed that the ownership of that land in the FCT vest in the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, adding that the Act estab­lishing the FCT vest all land in the President who delegates this powers to the Minister of FCT. Melaye said: “Access to the land was denied, all equipment and trucks have been entrapped in the district. The commit­tee reliably informed that soldiers sighted at the entrance of the district barred people from enter­ing the district at the order of the Chief of Army Staff who instructed them to take over the district and not allow anybody in or out of the premises. “The Maitama Exten­sion District actually de­signed and allocated in 2008/2009 by the then FCT Minister, Senator Adamu Alero under the administration of late President Musa Yar’adua along side Katamkpe.

--> Dino explained that to clear the confusion caused by the seizure of the Maitama extension by the Army, the Senate has invited the Authorities of FCT and the Chief of Army Staff to make their submission on the matter. To receive more updates from Frayokit News, kindly SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER or follow us on FACEBOOK and on TWITTER
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