A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has raised concerns over the alleged use of land revocations in Abuja as a tool for political vendetta.
Frank accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, of using land revocations to target political opponents ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
In a statement issued on Saturday, Frank alleged that Wike’s actions were designed to persecute and oppress members of opposition political parties intending to run against President Bola Tinubu.
He also warned individuals who had previously opposed Wike during his tenure as governor of Rivers State to prepare for similar treatment.
“The revocation of land titles is nothing but a Nollywood script,” Frank said, referring to the purported revocation of the Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) belonging to former President Muhammadu Buhari, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume.
He said: “We have intelligence at our disposal that the list of land allottees whose C of O have purportedly been revoked by Wike is part of his grand strategy to harass and intimidate members of opposition political parties and others that may want to contest against President Bola Tinubu in 2027.”
Frank noted that Buhari has already denied owning the land attached to his name, which Wike purportedly revoked, while Abbas has said he is not indebted to the FCTA.
He said every sane Nigerian knows that Wike, as a minister in Tinubu’s administration, dare not revoke lands belonging to key officials in this administration listed by Wike.
“Therefore Wike is using their names as a cover to deflect the criticism of his land-grabbing spree and his demolitions of properties in the FCT that have been targeted at poor and innocent Nigerians,” Frank said.
He challenged Wike to show proof that top All Progressives Congress (APC) members who are political office holders contained in the list he published actually owned lands said to have been revoked.
“What he is doing in FCT is not different from what he did in Rivers State as Governor where he revoked C of O of lands of his political opponents and demolished their property,” he said.