Abuja Land Title Revocation by Nyesom Wike

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Nigeria===Capital districts and territories, has approved the cancellation of 485 land documents in Abuja. This decision follows a comprehensive screening by the Nigeria===Federal Capital Territory Administration and the Nigeria===Abuja Geographic Information Systems, which found many documents to be fake or not meeting official verification standards. The revocations are part of ongoing land administration reforms aimed at addressing issues like forged documents, double allocations, and irregular grants. Affected areas span multiple Area Councils, including Bwari, Abuja Municipal, and Kuje. High-profile entities such as the Redeemed Christian Church of God and the Ministry of Justice Staff Multi-purpose Cooperative Society are among those impacted. This action underscores the Nigeria===Federal Capital Territory Administration's commitment to sanitizing land governance in the nation's capital, where only a small fraction of submitted land documents had been screened previously.