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Nigerian Police Arrest AGIS Staff As FCT Minister Wike Goes After Insiders Who Allegedly Exposed Land Allocations To Son

Shaharu, who works with the Fresh Applications Unit of AGIS, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon by a team of police detectives, The Peoples Gazette reports.

A staff of the Abuja Geographic Information System, (AGIS), Mairiga Hassan Shaharu, has been arrested by the police in Abuja amid a hunt for the source who linked information for FCT Minister Nyesom Wike’s alleged theft of Abuja land for his children.

Shaharu, who works with the Fresh Applications Unit of AGIS, was arrested on Tuesday afternoon by a team of police detectives, The Peoples Gazette reports.

His whereabouts remained unknown as of Wednesday morning, raising fears among family members that he could be facing torture or worse.

A spokesman for the police confirmed the arrest but said details would be provided later.

Shaharu’s department is responsible for processing new filings at AGIS, the agency that manages and verifies land ownership and asset records in the Federal Capital Territory.

Colleagues of Shaharu said they feared the minister would continue to “make mistakes” by targeting innocent low-to-mid-level officials who had no involvement in leaking the documents that revealed the scale of the minister’s alleged fraud.

Officials also claimed the minister has become increasingly paranoid and has been drinking heavily since the reports were published.

“He’s confused and moving fast, which is why he keeps making mistakes,” an official informed on the minister’s activity told The Gazette.

“He’s been drinking even more heavily now and cursing at everybody, including his wife.”

Wike’s wife, Eberechi Suzette Nyesom-Wike, is a judge at the federal appellate court. A spokesman for the minister was not immediately available for comment on the arrest.

Documents obtained directly from the minister’s office and published on 26 June and 1 July revealed that at least 3,822 hectares of land, potentially worth $6.45 billion, were allocated by Mr Wike to his two sons, Jordan, 25, and Joaquin, 23.

The revelations have sparked widespread outrage, with the minister blaming political opponents for leaking the documents.

Some unrecognised groups have also appeared in the media defending Mr Wike, describing the reports as politically motivated.

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Just imagine oo
Wike is very full of himself
He owns Tinubu

Did you allocate Abuja lands to your kids Ogbeni Wike?

Yes or No......
Accuser: Please present your evidence to the public either through Memo or legal documents.

Nigeria my kwantiri

Instead of the Police to arrest Wike the land grabber, they are arresting people who do their job!

And was it a coincidence that the disputed allocated lands were registered in the name of Wike 2 sons, Joachim and Jordan ?

Like they say, Nigeria is a crime scene.

Next topic abeg.

This is getting serious for this man. Well, coalition may be happy with the news.

Police arrest Wike he’s a very dubious criminal and should be behind bars

See oooo APC's corruption is fighting back

How can Nigerians survive another 6 years of these vultures in power nitori olorun

Nigerian police are like errand boys, just give them command no matter how silly it is, and they will obey

I imagine how online urchins, rats and cockroaches that have stoutly defended Wiked man would feel now.

When Tinubu ends up losing his re-election, Wike would be identified as a big factor behind the loss. Nigeria is not Rivers State neither is it Lagos. At this point, caution is advised. All that talk about "heaven will not fall" is only applicable in the Southsouth. Heaven may fall.

Every lies and rumours, there is an atom of truth in it... Shame

iykofias:
Nigerian police are like errand boys, just give them command no matter are silly it is, and they will obey

When the oga at top is already inside politicians pockets, not even Wiked man that had been stealing into his bottomless pocket since time immemorial.


This is a man that encroach uniabuja land and forcebly grabbed several hectare of land ooo.

Country full of nepotism and crazy leaders, hand go soon touch una one after the other

The reporter made it very easy for Wike to find out!

They did not adequately protect their source. Go to the backend and see who accessed the search portal and made the query for his sons lands. Also all the quotes they used in the report was unnecessary.

All they had to do was release the C of O and paraphrase the rest of the report but the quoted staff of AGIS

Which way Nigerians? These people in government are really milking what belongs to everyone of us. We all own this country abi no be so?

Hehehe. The truth is finally out. It remain for them to arrest every one. They can run but he can't hide. Shame to every dead soul defending this criminal government They will all go down

He is a criminal. let him face the music if found wanting, you cannot be allocating the common wealth of the citizens to your family members , thief, those two rascals he calls kids have not worked a day in their pampered life.

Goodbye whistleblowing of politicians. Nigeria my country.

This wike will be the ruin of APC ,at this point I believe PDP will not expel wike because he's working so hard to make tinubu government look like Abacha dictatorial leadership ...just as Nigeria resisted Abacha, Nigerians will certainly resist any form of dictatorship come 2027

Has he therefore become an enemy because he exposed what is going on?

Na you steal, na you still dey arrest the common Man you are stealing from.

its862848:
I don't think the land story is tru, the land size is too big

..See dem..it is not that big..because you work at AGIS..

..at what size of hectares of Land can be considered big enough to be true..?

People will start donating for d mam... This is how scene lyk dix plays out

This just goes to show there is an element of truth. This country is gone, if after all this things you still openly support this people. I'm here to telk you that God will surely P......un!sh you

I won't be surprised if this becomes fake news again

Even if it's true, he's broken the act of confidentiality which is part of agreement as a civil servant.

Why will you leak government sensitive information to the public.

Even in America any staff who leads government info will be dismissed and face the law

This man's greed will definitely be his undoing.

I pray a better Government comes to sanitize this country.

On what ground are they arresting the man?....Somebody should tell wike,power is transient and such kind of people who are intoxicated with power, their fall is always devastating.Wike should trend carefully with people, because people are the most valuable asset in life

Truth is coming to the fore front, things will speak for themselves.

I thought Wike said there is nothing of such..

..how come police is arresting who leaked the land allocation that ddnt happen in the first place??