…stop attacking government officials
Senior Special Assistant on Media to the FCT minister, Lere Olayinka has clarified issues surrounding the Garuwa site stating that Ex-Chief of Naval Staff, Awwal Zubairu must have been scammed.
Olayinka advised him to channel his anger towards those who scammed him not innocent government officials. 
He made this clarification while appearing on Channels tv giving vivid account of the controversial site.
Olayinka clearly stated that the land was allocated to a company in 2007.
He explained: ” That particular land was allocated to a company in 2007, Santos Estate Limited, for park and recreation. The company did not do anything on the land because that place is a road corridor — you don’t build there,” Olayinka said.
“Then, in 2022, the company wrote to the FCT Development Authority (FCTDA), seeking approval to convert the land’s purpose to commercial use. Probably in anticipation of the Minister’s approval, the company began partitioning the land originally meant for park and recreation and sold it to people, including the former Chief of Naval Staff.
I want to say here that the former Chief of Naval Staff was scammed, and he has realised that he was scammed. Instead of coming forward to seek help, he resorted to using military might.”
Channels Television reported that things got heated between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, his entourage, and some soldiers on Tuesday over a land in the Gaduwa district of the area.
“This is unprofessional. You cannot be threatening a minister like this,” one of the officials accompanying Wike told the soldiers as the minister and his team tried to gain access to the land.
The minister, unhappy over the development, questioned the actions of the military officers, saying no one is above the laws of the land.
Wike questioned the development of the land, alleging that due process was not followed.
“You have no document,” the FCT minister said during the impasse on Tuesday, but the soldiers did not budge, saying that they were following instructions.
“We cannot continue to act in impunity. We cannot continue this way. This country cannot go along this line.
“You cannot be higher than any government. You cannot be carrying a gun to intimidate anybody. I am not one of those that they can intimidate,” he said.
As at filing of this report, the military has not commented on the altercation between the FCT Minister and its personnel.
