Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dismissed as false an online report claiming the minister allocated 2,082 hectares of land to his son in Maitama and Asokoro.
In a statement on Thursday, Olayinka described the report as “another falsehood from those whose job is to malign the FCT minister,” insisting that “not even a single plot of land has been allocated to any of the Minister’s children.”
He questioned the credibility of the claim, asking, “In Asokoro and Maitama of today, where can the FCT minister see 2,082 hectares of land to allocate to anyone?”
Olayinka challenged the publisher of the report to provide evidence of any land allocation bearing the name of Wike’s children.
The statement read, “My attention has been drawn to yet, another malicious falsehood coming from the same elements whose job is to defame and malign the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike.
“Even though it is the right of the Minister and members of his family, both immediate and extended to own lands anywhere in Nigeria, including the FCT, provided all necessary conditions are met, no land has been allocated to any of his children.
“In the publication, a Right of Occupancy R-of-O issued to JOAQ Farms and Estate Limited, for Agricultural purposes was the only evidence used to justify the claim.
“For the avoidance of doubt, JOAQ Farms and Estate Limited, a company duly registered in Nigeria, got land allocation in the Bwari Area Council for the purpose of farming.
“So what is wrong with a farmer getting land allocation strictly for agriculture?
“Therefore, the publication, claiming that the FCT minister allocated 2,082 hectares of land to his son, is false and should be disregarded”, Olayinka added.
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