Nigeria’s former First Lady, Hajia Turai Yar’Adua on Thursday floored
incumbent First Lady Patience Goodluck Jonathan as Justice Peter Affren
of the Abuja High Court set aside the purported revocation by the FCT
administration of a land measuring about 1.84 hectares allocated to
Turai’s non governmental organization, Women and Youth Empowerment
Foundation, WAYEF.
The court held that the claims by the FCT Minister that the land was
revoked on an overriding public interest was not supported by any shred
of evidence before the court. It further held that the initial letter of
offer issued Turai’s organization by the Minister remains valid and
subsisting.
“The defendants failed woefully to adduce any shred of evidence
before this court to support their claims that the allocation of the
land was revoked on overriding public interest. There is no overriding
public interest in this issue. The allocation made to the plaintiff who
is a vocational training centre was in public interest and in line with
section 28 (1) of Land Use Act”. PM NEWS
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