“Vice Admiral Gambo does not have a title document showing that he owns the land.”
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike’s aide, Olayinka, has said former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo (rtd), was “scammed” into buying a disputed piece of land in Abuja originally designated for park and recreation purposes.
On Tuesday, Wike clashed with naval officers who blocked him from entering the site. Speaking on Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, Olayinka said, “Vice Admiral Gambo does not have a title document showing that he owns the land; he does not own the land.”
He explained that the land was allocated in 2007 to Santos Estate Limited for park development, but after a 2022 request to convert it for commercial use was rejected, the company “started to partition the land and sold it to people, including the former chief of naval staff.”
“I want to say the former chief of naval staff was scammed,” he said, adding that Wike is only “enforcing the law.”