Tuesday, February 24 2026 -The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has approved the cancellation of 485 land documents in Abuja for failing to meet official verification standards.
The affected documents were nullified following a
comprehensive review conducted by the Department of Land Administration in
collaboration with the Abuja Geographic Information Systems.
Officials stated that the documents failed authenticity
checks, with several confirmed to be forged.
In a public notice issued on Monday and marked Batch I, the
Federal Capital Territory Administration confirmed that the invalid
applications had been removed from the regularization database.
The notice addressed applicants who submitted Area Council
land documents for validation.
The notice read: “This is to inform the general public,
particularly applicants who submitted Area Council land documents for
regularisation, that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory has approved
the nullification or cancellation of applications that failed the necessary
official checks for genuineness and have been confirmed to be fake.”
The cancelled documents cover multiple Area Councils and
layouts.
In the Bwari Area Council, the affected locations include
Ushafa Village Expansion Scheme, Ushafa Extension and Dawaki Extension 1.
Within the Abuja Municipal Area Council, the affected
districts include Kurudu-Jikwoyi Relocation, Kurudu Commercial, Karu Village
Extension, Nyanya Phase IV Extension, Jikwoyi Residential, Sabon Lugbe and
Lugbe I Extension.
Kuchiyako One layout in the Kuje Area Council was also
listed.
Among those affected are the Redeemed Christian Church of
God and the Ministry of Justice Staff Multi-purpose Cooperative Society, among
others.
Under Nigerian law, all land within the FCT is vested in the
Federal Government.
Certificates of Occupancy and other land titles must be
processed through the Office of the FCT Minister and formalised by AGIS.
The cancellations form part of ongoing land administration
reforms initiated by the FCTA to address challenges, including forged
documents, double allocations, and irregular grants allegedly issued by some
area councils.
The reforms gained urgency last year when the FCTA disclosed
that only 8,287 out of 261,914 Area Council land documents submitted between
2006 and 2023 had been screened.
The 8,287 vetted documents represented 3.2 per cent of total
submissions, leaving 253,627 pending in the database.
Officials acknowledged that 96.8 per cent of submissions
were still awaiting clearance.
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