Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed has been indicted by the Senate Committee on FCT for appropriating reserved plots of land in Abuja to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and some of the ministers in his cabinet.
The committee said that the plots acquired by Jonathan and his ministers were designated as green areas, flood drains, city buffers, recreation centres, sewage lines, urban farming and city monuments.
The Chairman of the committee , Senator Dino Melaye told journalists on Wednesday that the illegally acquired lands are within the highbrow Maitama District.
He blamed what he described as the "satanic" action of the former president and his ministers on Bala Mohammed's indiscretion.
The committee listed beneficiaries of the “land grab” to include former President Goodluck Jonathan, former Petroleum Minister Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Justice Minister Mohammed Adoke, former Trade and Investment Minister Olusegun Aganga, Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus and FCT Executive Director Ismaila Adamu.
Melaye said that some of the beneficiaries have started erecting structures on the plots, that were “hurriedly allocated” in the last days of the Jonathan administration with Certificates of Occupancy hurriedly issued.
According to Melaye, “Senator Bala Mohammed, in his bid to satisfy some powerful Nigerians before the end of his tenure, disregarded the wisdom of his predecessors and the vision of the founding fathers of Abuja.
“He went ahead to implement Messrs Fola Consult Limited’s recommendation by allocating these important features/endowments, including the Maitama Hills, to these powerful Nigerians.
“It is pathetic to state that one of the allottees has erroneously burst a sewage conduit pipe and the entire area messed up with offensive odour which could trigger off serious epidemic within that location.”
Abujacitynews was reliably informed that the committee plans to place a Stop Work Order on the projects going on at the illegally acquired plots of land.
It was also gathered that the illegal allottees would be required to replace the trees felled in the course of construction in the area.
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