{"id":7402,"date":"2025-07-02T10:46:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=7402"},"modified":"2025-07-02T10:46:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:46:29","slug":"police-arrest-agis-official-falsely-accused-of-leaking-wikes-land-robbery-in-fct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/07\/02\/police-arrest-agis-official-falsely-accused-of-leaking-wikes-land-robbery-in-fct\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Arrest AGIS Official Falsely Accused Of Leaking Wike\u2019s Land Robbery In FCT"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The police in Abuja have arrested an innocent civil servant amidst a frantic hunt for the source of Peoples Gazette\u2019s ongoing series on Nyesom Wike\u2019s theft of Abuja lands for his children.<\/p>\n

Mairiga Hassan Shaharu, attached to the Fresh Applications Unit of Abuja Geographic Information System, was picked up by a team of police detectives on Tuesday afternoon, The Gazette learnt. His whereabouts remained unknown as of Wednesday morning, fueling concerns within his family that he might be undergoing torture or worse.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the police promised to fetch details of the arrest and get back to our reporters. Mr Shaharu\u2019s department frontloads\u00a0new filings for AGIS, which manages and verifies land ownership and asset records throughout the Federal Capital Territory.<\/p>\n

Mr Shaharu\u2019s colleagues said they expected Mr\u00a0Wike to continue making mistakes by arresting and punishing low-to-mid-level officials who had nothing to do with The Gazette\u2019s sourcing of the documents that\u00a0illustrated the extent of the minister\u2019s fraud. Officials also said the minister has become paranoid and increased his consumption of alcohol in the days following our first report on the matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s confused and moving fast, which is why he keeps making mistakes,\u201d an official informed\u00a0on\u00a0the minister\u2019s activity told The Gazette. \u201cHe\u2019s been drinking even more heavily now and cursing at everybody, including his wife.\u201d Mr Wike\u2019s wife, Eberechi Suzette Nyesom-Wike, is a federal appellate\u00a0court judge.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the minister was not immediately available for comment on Mr Shaharu\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n

At least 3,822 hectares, potentially worth $6.45 billion, have been allocated by Mr Wike to his two sons, Jordan, 25, and Joaquin, 23, over the past year, The Gazette reported on June 26 and July 1, using land administration documents directly from the minister\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

The series sparked nationwide uproar, forcing the minister to claim that his political foes leaked the documents showing his allocations to his children. Several unrecognised groups also held media rounds, defending the minister against what they purported to be politically motivated reporting by The Gazette.<\/p>\n

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