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How I Tracked FCDA Staff Detained By Wike Over Leaked Land Allocation – Sowore

Published by Akinwale Fakinlede on July 4th, 2025.

How I Tracked FCDA Staff Detained By Wike Over Leaked Land Allocation – Sowore

Tracking the Detention of FCDA Worker Allegedly Held Over Land Allocated to Wike’s Children

Last Friday, Mairiga Hassan Shaharu, an employee of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), was detained at the FCDA Police Post on the orders of the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. His alleged crime? Leaking documents that show Wike allocated large chunks of Abuja land to his two underage sons — a story first exposed by Peoples Gazette.

But here’s the truth: Mairiga doesn’t even work in the section of FCDA that deals with land allocations. He’s in the department that handles new applications — not approvals.

I went to the FCDA Police Post tonight with two human rights lawyers, Rosemary HamzaHamza and Ak Musa. A third lawyer, who had already tried and failed to secure Mairiga’s release, joined us later. He told us that Wike’s CSO presented a forged court order to keep Mairiga locked up. The Investigating Police Officer (IPO) refused to show the order. But the lawyer managed a quick glance and discovered it was issued by a magistrate who no longer has jurisdiction — proof the document was fake.

For hours, Wike’s CSO played games. He claimed they couldn’t reach the IPO. We knew it was just a delay tactic.

Then the senior female officer at the post came back from Karu. She was called in to calm the situation. She admitted she couldn’t authorize Mairiga’s release because he was “Wike’s personal detainee.”

After more back-and-forth, the CSO called again and said Wike had changed his mind. But now, the case was supposedly in the hands of the FCT Police Commissioner, CP Wale Ajao — the same police chief who helped jail a TikToker recently for Senator Ned Nwoko and his wife, Regina Daniels.

I called CP Ajao myself. He claimed there was a valid court order behind the detention — unaware we had already confirmed the order was fake. When pushed, he gave the usual line: “Go to court.”

And then came the boldest move of the night. Wike’s CSO called again. This time, he said Wike wanted to see me and Mairiga in his office tomorrow morning. I asked if he even knew who he was talking to. I told him plainly — Wike wouldn’t dare summon me. And I wasn’t going to his office.

Before ending the call, I asked the CSO one simple question: if Wike never allocated land to his children, why is someone being detained over leaking documents that supposedly don’t exist?

If there’s any justice in this country, it’s Wike who should be under investigation — not Citizen Mairiga.