FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has nullified 485 area council land documents in Abuja after they failed official verification processes and were confirmed to be fake.
The decision, conveyed through a public notice by the FCTA’s Departments of Land Administration and Abuja Geographic Information Systems (AGIS), affects layouts across Bwari (Ushafa Village Expansion, Dawaki Extension), AMAC (Kurudu-Jikwoyi, Karu Village, Nyanya Phase IV, Jikwoyi, Sabon Lugbe, Lugbe I Extension), and Kuje (Kuchiyako One).
According to the notice, the minister approved the cancellation of applications that “failed the necessary official checks for genuineness and have been confirmed to be fake.”
It further stated that the nullified applications would be expunged from the regularisation database maintained by the FCTA Departments of Land Administration and the Abuja Geographic Information Systems AGIS.
The notice, which lists all affected applicants by name, file number, layout and area council, states that the action reflects the minister’s approval and warns holders accordingly.
“This is to inform the general public, particularly applicants who submitted Area Council land documents for regularisation, that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory has approved the nullification or cancellation of applications that failed the necessary official checks for genuineness and have been confirmed to be fake,” the notice read.
The publication also notes that it is “without prejudice to further notices and/or publications.”
The affected documents span several districts and satellite towns across the FCT.
Land in the Federal Capital Territory is vested in the Federal Government under Nigeria’s constitution and governed by the Land Use Act, 1978.
In Abuja, all titles such as Statutory Right of Occupancy or Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) must be issued under the authority of the FCT minister and documented through AGIS.