FCT: Why I’m building houses for judges on land allocated to Julius Berger – Wike

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The Federal Capital Territory’s (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, described on Monday how he withdrew the certificate of occupancy (C of O) for certain land parcels that were assigned to Julius Berger in Abuja’s Katampe District.

Wike was speaking to Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), during the formal Flag-Off Ceremony for the design and construction of 40 Judges’ Quarters in the country’s capital.

Additionally present at the event was Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, President of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria.

Even after dining with Julius Berger’s managing director, the former governor of Rivers State claimed to have revoked the land.

“My Lord, let me bring to your notice. You have seen this land here. When we were looking for where to get land to build. I was driving around looking for empty land and I got here and saw this empty land,” he began.

“I saw the big post: ‘Julius Berger’. I didn’t talk. I called the director of lands (and asked him): who owns that land? And he said: Julius Berger. When was it allocated? He said about 15, 20 years ago. 15, 20 years ago? Nothing has been done? I didn’t bother.

“So, I invited the MD (Managing Director of) Julius Berger. He came and we had dinner. I didn’t talk about the land. The next day, he was in the office and he saw the revocation letter as a matter of public interest.

“He called me and said but I had dinner with you. I said yes; we had dinner but we didn’t discuss the land.

“How will the government allocate land for more than 20 years for organisations to develop and they did not develop it? Thank God they did not develop it and now we can have it.”

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