Ireti Kingibe, the Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has accused the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike of gross abuse of office, impunity, and serious land misconduct in Abuja.
In a recent interview, Kingibe stated that Wike allegedly reduced his son’s land bill from ₦200 million to ₦2 million within 48 hours. She also claimed that Wike revoked large portions of institutional land without legal justification.
The senator referenced documentary evidence indicating that Wike’s son received significant land allocations, with the minister reportedly approving a drastic reduction in fees. Kingibe described these actions as “unfair, unethical, and clearly illegal”.
“I have documents to show that Minister Wike allocated lands to his son… they wrote asking that he should give a waiver on the bill and reduce it,” Kingibe alleged on an Arise TV programme.
TheNewsGuru reports that the lawmaker further accused Wike of leading the FCT with impunity, flouting laws and bypassing the National Assembly in the re-establishment of agencies.
“The minister doesn’t obey the rule of law. He’s autocratic… when you try to draw his attention… he doesn’t accept that,” she said .
She pointed to his revocation of 7,000 hectares of land from the University of Abuja, leaving it with just 4,000 hectares, a move she called “against the Land Use Act”
Further examples included land in Bwari originally allocated for a general hospital, which she claimed was repurposed for commercial development.
“He revoked it and he’s having some sort of a market or mall… put on it,” Kingibe noted .
Kingibe also criticised Wike’s termination of indigent street sweepers without replacing them with machinery, leading to a visibly untidy city again.
“He comes, he’s fired them all… Then he doesn’t replace them with mechanical street sweepers. So Abuja is looking dirty,” she lamented
Kingibe accused the minister of harassing residents and embassies over ground rent enforcement.
“Minister Wike has been harassing all of FCT over ground rent, including embassies,” she added