The revocation, according to the minister, followed the discovery of fraudulent activities in the Abuja geography Information System and Land Department.
Mohammed said all forms of transactions, payments and transfers in respect of plots allocated within the time frame, including Development Control approvals, were suspended until further notice.
The minister said the action was taken due to the need to address the problems and abuses associated with land allocations in the FCT.
According to him, “This will enable the administration take stock of committed and uncommitted plots with a view to ensuring due process and equity as well as correct the systemic lapses.”
He blamed officials of AGIS, whom, he said, have succeeded in exploiting certain loopholes, through the Bank Draft Payment Scam, in the building system to defraud government.
Mohammed said that various file scams enabled land speculators break through the electronic system with connivance of AGIS staff to duplicate genuine allocations and obtain Certificates of Occupancy ahead of genuine applicants.
Critics have, however, suggested that the move might be a way to compensate certain cabals in government, especially as the minister refused to mention names of persons involved in various land scams.
But Mohammed said the action was not an act of vendetta against anybody.
He said, “We are doing it out of the need to provide Nigerians with the required political environment for development.
“At this stage, we can’t mention the names of AGIS staff involved. We can’t say how much of money was defrauded until we get to a certain level in the investigation.
“The land given to me as senator, if it is wrongly allocated, I will revoke it. Nobody should take this regime for granted. We are not here for cheap publicity or personal aggrandisement.”
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