‘Why Should All This Land Be Given To An Igbo Man?’ Billionaire Puts Wike Under Focus After Demolition Of FCT Property

Chief Nicholas Ukachukwu, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the SNECOU Group Limited has decried the demolition of his investment on 214 hectares of land in the Asokoro district of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja alleging that it was mainly because he is Igbo.

He accused the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike of ordering the demolition without recourse to the rule of law.

He lamented that the demolition was carried out without any court order, despite two pending valid court orders from separate courts restraining the minister and the FCT administration from tampering with the property.

According to AIT, the property sitting on 214 hectares of land was demolished on Wednesday in the presence of heavily armed security operatives including soldiers, policemen and personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

Speaking in an interview, the Anambra-born businessman called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene and save the multi-million-naira invested in the property.

He claimed that the property was demolished because it was owned by an Igbo man, and not because the company violated any law, as all legal titles had been sorted and obtained before commencing development of the property.

Claiming that the demolition was done in bad fate, Ukachukwu said: “Wike called for a meeting over the land, we went with our documents after seeing what we had with our lawyer and other company, Sunrise which they gave part of that land. Wike said that there is nothing on this that the court should take its effect.

“After going around the land, in his normal ways of behaviour, Wike started shouting; how will they take all this land and give it to an Igbo man? Then, the next thing we saw was the demolition of the buildings without a court order.”

According to him, all the legal titles of the property had been obtained including two ministerial approvals, and letters from the immediate past FCT Minister, Mohammed Musa Bello.

He said, “We went through all due process including ministerial approval. We have the full final title document, letter of offer and Certificate of Occupancy.

“As I’m talking to you, we have not received any document revoking the property or even the reason for the demolition. The only thing we saw was the demolition, the title has not been revoked and we have not been served any notice.”

He insisted that the action of the minister ran contrary to two pending court orders restraining any action by the FCT on the land.

He said, “Two separate courts issued a different court order restraining him from tampering or doing anything in that property but all of sudden Wike now moved all the ‘caterpillars’ (bulldozers) in Abuja and went and started pulling those properties that we have invested billions into down.”

He called on President Tinubu to intervene in the matter to protect the rights of genuine investors and businessmen. “I am calling on Mr President, who I know has nothing to do with the tribe to call Wike to order or remove this man before he brings disdain to his administration.

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