The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has issued a final warning to several high-profile individuals, including key political figures and corporate entities, over outstanding payments for land allocated in Abuja’s Maitama II District. The administration has threatened to revoke the ownership rights of these landowners if they fail to settle their bills for the Certificate of Occupancy (C-of-O) within the next two weeks.
This notice was made public on Wednesday, October 2, through a formal announcement titled “Demand Notice for Payment of Right of Occupancy Bills for Issuance of Certificates of Occupancy on All Lands Allocated at Maitama II District, Cadastral Zone A10, Abuja.”
The FCTA emphasized that it is currently undertaking significant infrastructural development in the Maitama II District, and allottees who have not yet fulfilled their financial obligations for their land rights are urged to do so without further delay. “All allottees who have not paid their bills for Certificate of Occupancy (C-of-O) are by this publication advised to settle their bills in full within two (2) weeks from the date of this publication,” the notice reads.
The FCTA also warned that failure to meet the payment deadline would result in severe consequences, including the withdrawal of their Rights of Occupancy (R-of-O) and reallocation of the plots to other individuals or entities. Payment is required through the Remita portal under the account of the FCT Department of Land Administration.
The published notice also included a list of 3,273 individuals and corporations who have defaulted on their payments.
Among those listed as as owners of the plots are the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege,
Others are former Governors Theodore Orji (Abia), Rochas Okorocha (Abia), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Tanko Al-Makura (Nasarawa), Joshua Dariye (Plateau),
Gabriel Suswam (Benue), Ibrahim Shekarau (Kano), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Jonah Jang (Plateau), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa), Adamu Muazu (Bauchi) and Bukar Abba Ibrahim (Yobe).
Minister of Sports, John Eno, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, and former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Nwabueze Nigige, were also listed.
Serving and former lawmakers on the list are Dino Melaye , Kabiru Marafa, Stella Oduah, Danjuma Goje, Ben Bruce , David Umaru, Saliu Mustapha, Biodun Olujimi, Andy Uba, Sunday Karimi, Olumide Osoba, Nicholas Ossai, Emmanuel Bwacha, Osita Izunaso, and the House Leader, Julius Ihonvbere, Wole Oke, Kabiru Gaya, Beni Lar, Leo Ogor, Darlington Nwokocha, Petet Nwaoboshi, Oker Jev, Lynda Ikpeazu, Khadijat Ibrahim, Obinna Chidoka, Philip Aduda, Smart Adeyemi, Chukwuka Utazi, Timothy Golu, Edward Pwajok, Ali Ndume, Ben Obi, Binta Garba, and Teslim Folarin.
Also on the list are a former National Chairman of the ruling APC, Adamu Abdullahi, Third Republic Senate President, Ameh Ebute, Yusuf Buhari and Zahra Buhari (both children of former President Muhammadu Buhari).
