The Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory, on Friday, threatened to order the immediate revocation of plots of land allocated to former President Goodluck Jonathan and 29 others in the Maitama district of Abuja.
The Chairman, Senator Dino Melaye, who stated this during a budget defence by the FCT ministry led by its Minister, Muhammed Bello, said the affected plots of land were in a reserved area.
Melaye said the plots of land allocated to Jonathan and others in the Maitama District fall within an area designated for erection of tourist structure for foreign visitors.
He said that his committee had directed that work should stop on construction of buildings in the area.
He listed former Justice Minister and Attorney-General of the Federation, Muhammed Bello Adoke; Former Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda; Acting National Chairman of PDP, Uche Secondus; late National Security Adviser, Andrew Okoye Azazi, among others, as beneficiaries of plots of land in the area.
Melaye said that his committee, on the strength of Senate’s directive to all its standing committees last week, embarked on oversight functions of agencies of government under them.
He said members of his committee besieged the plots of land in Maitama district and saw workers erecting structures on them.
He said that apart from ordering the workers to stop work, they also summoned the FCT Minister to appear before the panel on the issue.