Thursday, February 11, 2016

Senate to Probe Obasanjo, Jonathan and Governor Nassir El-Rufai and Others over Abuja Land Grab.

Senate set to probe former president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan and his predecessor, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Nassir El-Rufai as well as ministers who served under them following an alleged  violation of the master plan of the nation’s capital city and appropriating reserved plots of land in Abuja.

This was revealed by Senator Dino Melaye on Wednesday, February 10, while addressing the press. he stated that the Senate will not exempt anyone.

The chairman, Senate committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT), said the Nigerian parliament will see to it that any one found guilty of a role in the scandal, will be sent to Kuje prison.

Melaye said: “With this administration of change, it is no longer going to be business as usual. Permit me to remind FCT administration again by stating that this committee will not hesitate to ensure that all administrative anomalies, misappropriation of funds or misapplication of laws as the case may be, occasioned by the past administrations of FCT, are fully addressed. This is what justice demands in these circumstances; to right the wrongs.

“Therefore, the committee is worried and frowns on satanic and misleading advice and recommendation to convert very important and beautiful natural endowments or features which are very scanty like the world acclaimed Maitama Hills, popularly known as Ministers’ Hills, which could serve as a tourist attraction to the residents of FCT.

“I want to state here again that if the bourgeois of this country need a special allocation, a new district can be dedicated to them and not destroy the beauty of the city centre, a national monument like the Maitama Hills,” the Senator stressed.

The APC- senator who is representing Kogi west, also condemned what he described as the bastardization of Abuja Master-plan.

He however, expressed worry over why former FCT ministers allocated green areas designed for flood drains, city buffers, recreations, urban farming, reserved land and undevelopable areas to themselves and their friends.

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