The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has approved the revocation of 485 land documents in Abuja after they failed official verification procedures.
The cancellations followed a comprehensive audit carried out by the Department of Land Administration in partnership with the Abuja Geographic Information Systems.
Authorities said a significant number of the documents were found to be inauthentic and did not meet established standards.
In a public notice issued by the Federal Capital Territory Administration and tagged Batch I, officials announced that the affected applications had been expunged from the ongoing regularisation database.
The notice was directed at individuals and organisations that submitted Area Council land documents for validation.
According to the statement, the minister approved the cancellation of all applications that failed authenticity checks and were confirmed to be fake.
The revoked documents cut across multiple Area Councils and layouts. In Bwari Area Council, affected locations include Ushafa Village Expansion Scheme, Ushafa Extension and Dawaki Extension I.
Within the Abuja Municipal Area Council, impacted districts comprise Kurudu-Jikwoyi Relocation, Kurudu Commercial, Karu Village Extension, Nyanya Phase IV Extension, Jikwoyi Residential, Sabon Lugbe and Lugbe I Extension.
Kuchiyako One layout in Kuje Area Council was also listed among the affected areas.
Among those impacted are institutions such as the Redeemed Christian Church of God and the Ministry of Justice Staff Multi-purpose Cooperative Society.
Under existing regulations, all land in the FCT is vested in the Federal Government, and Certificates of Occupancy must be processed through the Office of the FCT Minister and formalised by AGIS.
The latest revocations are part of broader land administration reforms introduced by the FCTA to tackle persistent issues including forged documents, double allocations and irregular grants allegedly issued by some Area Councils.
The reform effort gained urgency last year when the FCTA revealed that out of 261,914 Area Council land documents submitted between 2006 and 2023, only 8,287 — representing 3.2 per cent — had been screened, leaving more than 253,000 pending verification. Officials acknowledged that nearly 97 per cent of submissions were still awaiting clearance.
