The Lagos State Government has cancelled 562
prime land allocations to prominent citizens and organisations in the
highbrow Lekki Peninsula Schemes I and II and Abijo Government
Reservation Area for failing to pay the prescribed fees.
Some
of the prominent Nigerians affected by the cancellation are one Stella
J. Abebe (suspected to be the late wife of former President Olusegun
Obasanjo); former Chief of General Staff, Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya; former
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Lt. Gen. Jerry Useni; former
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, the late
Clement Akpamgbo; former Minister of Health, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin;
and former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Abiodun Ogunleye, and
his wife.
Other prominent names on the list, which was
released on Wednesday, are the current Minister of Aviation, Stella
Oduah; former Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Mr. Fulani
Kwajafa; former Speaker, Ogun State House of Assembly, Mrs. Titi Oseni;
former Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Chief Joseph Sanusi; Prof.
A.B.C Nwosu; and former Director-General, Nigerian Television Authority,
Mr. Vincent Maduka; and renowned industrialist, B.O. Alex Duduyemi.
Others
are Mr. Aina Tugbogbo; Mr. Matthew Jolayemi; Brig. Gen. Lawrence Onoja;
Chief Fatai Idowu Arobieke; Mrs. Olayinka Abiola (suspected to be wife
of the late Chief Moshood Abiola); Capt. A. A. Madueke; Maj. Gen. S. L.
Yusuff; Alhaji Ahmed Onibudo; and Mrs. Teresa Omawunmi Ikimi; among
others.
A curious name, Boss of Bosses, appeared on the
list, but not even state officials could explain who the face behind the
name was.
At the corporate level, a firm suspected to
belong to Maryam, the late wife of the former military dictator, Gen.
Ibrahim Babangida, El-Amin Nigeria Limited; Sunny Ade Organisation;
defunct Republic Bank; Sea Petroleum & Gas Company Limited; Lady
Mechanic Initiative; Nigeria Arab Construction, Allah-Deh Investment
Limited; Merchant Bank of Africa Nigeria Limited; Peak Merchant Bank;
First Interstate Bank Limited and Abacus Finance Limited, were also
listed.
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