Finally, Wike affirms Ghanaian investors as original owners of River Park Estate

Soni Daniel

Abuja: After galore years of tussle implicit the proprietor of RIver Park Estate successful Abuja , the  Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has waded into the contention and affirmed the Ghanaian investor, JonahCapital, arsenic the archetypal owners of the estate.

The declaration whitethorn enactment an extremity to the lingering feud implicit the ownership of the sprawling property successful Lugbe, on the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport roadworthy successful Abuja, which has continued to enactment fears into the minds of homeowners successful the estate. 

Speaking connected Channels TV’s Political Platform connected Thursday night, Wike said the FCT signed an statement with JonahCapital Nigeria Ltd promoted by Sir. Samuel Esson Jonah to make the property connected Plot 4 Cadastral, Zone E30 Lugbe, Abuja, during the tenure of President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Tracing the root of the prolonged quality implicit the estate, Wike said the archetypal owner, Jonah, successful crook brought successful a 3rd enactment (Paulo Homes) to assistance them get gathering approvals from FCT Development Control.

Wike said, “A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, S.I. Ameh wrote a petition, and I acceptable up a ministerial sheet headed by a General Counsel who is similar the Attorney General of different states, saying ‘go and look into this’,” helium said.

“Their lawyers made presentations. Look, what happened is terrible. First of all, we don’t person immoderate concern with Paulo Homes; determination is nary concern betwixt the FCT and Paulo Homes, nothing!  The lone radical we signed an statement with are JonahCapital Ltd,” the curate said connected the unrecorded broadcast connected Channels tv connected Thursday night.

The curate noted that though JonahCapital breached the statement with the FCT by bringing successful Paulo Homes, which has continued to get C of O for buyers without a valid lease agreement, its improvement lease had expired by the effluxion of time.

Wike said the FCT decided to demolish the properties hurriedly developed by Paulo Homes, retreat each the Certificates of occupancy issued to the institution connected behalf of the unwary buyers, to springiness them straight to the Nigerian owners to support them.

Providing details of the latest demolitions astatine River Park Estate, Wike said, “I cognize the strategy and however they operate. They volition unreserved immoderate substance to the tribunal and by the clip you know, the curate is out, and erstwhile helium leaves, different curate volition come, and we volition find it precise hard to settle.

“I told my people, let’s get everything down. This is wherefore things are getting incorrect successful this country. People privation to bash things the incorrect mode and get distant with it. I volition not let it,” the curate vowed.

Wike besides condemned the activities Head of IGP Monitoring Unit,  headed by  Akin Fakorede, who precocious conducted a property league on with the contiguous past Force Public Relations Officer Muyiwa Adejobi to confer ownership of the property connected Paulo Homes and record transgression charges against the archetypal owners, Jonah Capital.

The station Finally, Wike affirms Ghanaian investors arsenic archetypal owners of River Park Estate appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.