Wike Exposes Deception: FCTA Accused Of Providing Fraudulent C Of Os After N57 Million Payment

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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has revealed an unsettling experience wherein officials from the Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA)…CONTINUE READING

issued him counterfeit Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) during his tenure as the governor of Rivers State.

Wike disclosed that despite paying N57 million, he was provided with three fake C of Os for his plot of land by certain FCTA officials. This revelation came to light during a meeting with estate developers in Abuja on Tuesday.

Expressing concern about the prevalence of fraudulent C of Os, the minister announced a significant change in the process, stating that henceforth, a payment of N5 million would be required to obtain a genuine Certificate of Occupancy.

Wike recounted the incident, stating, “When I was governor of Rivers State, we had three C of Os from FCT. It turned out that all were fake.

The C of O was coming from FCTA as a government, not as an individual. The plots allocated or said to be allocated, we paid money.”

He continued, “When I now sent the Liaison Officer, the people from FCTA took him to the land and later, we discovered that it was fake land. Look at the money we had paid.

The people disappeared. We could not find them again. Over N57 million that we paid. Why? Because that was how it was being done in the FCT. I have said that it will not work again.