Ex-presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, claims Buhari once rejected land offer in Abuja

Former President Muhammadu Buhari once rejected a land offer in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) during his tenure.

The former president’s media aide, Garba Shehu, stated this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.

He was reacting to reports that a piece of land belonging to the former president was seized by the FCT authorities.

Shehu said: “As a person, the former president has a plot of land to his name in Abuja.”

He added that Buhari rejected the land offer when he and his cabinet members were invited to fill forms for allocation.

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He said the former president had insisted that he already had land in the FCT, adding it should be given to those who did not have.

“President Buhari is personally not the owner of the said plot of land which is allocated in the name of Muhammadu Buhari Foundation,” the former presidential spokesman added.

Shehu said the foundation was itself floated lawfully by some “utilitarian individuals” around Buhari.

The foundation, he added, was supported by some well-meaning persons.

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