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Melaye Queries Allocation Of Abuja Plots To Jonathan

By Azimazi Momoh Jimoh, Abuja
06 February 2016   |   5:25 am
CHAIRMAN of the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Dino Melaye, ‎has alleged that former President Goodluck Jonathan was allocated a plot of land within an area in Maitama district of Abuja that was reserved as green zone. Melaye, during a budget defence meeting between his committee and FCT Minister, Muhammed Bello,…
Melaye

Melaye

CHAIRMAN of the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Dino Melaye, ‎has alleged that former President Goodluck Jonathan was allocated a plot of land within an area in Maitama district of Abuja that was reserved as green zone.

Melaye, during a budget defence meeting between his committee and FCT Minister, Muhammed Bello, claimed that the area was supposed to provide tourist attraction for foreign visitors, saying his committee had ordered a stoppage of construction and buildings on the area.

Other names mentioned by Melaye as beneficiaries of plots in that area include the former Justice minister, Muhammed Bello Adoke;‎ former Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda; acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus; late National Security Adviser (NSA), Andrew Azazi.

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