Turai Floors Patience In Nigeria’s Battle Of First Ladies

Nigeria’s former First Lady, Hajia Turai Yar’Adua on Thursday floored incumbent First Lady Patience Goodluck Jonathan as Justice Peter Affren of the Abuja High Court set aside the purported revocation by the FCT administration of a land measuring about 1.84 hectares allocated to Turai’s non governmental organization, Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation, WAYEF.

The court held that the claims by the FCT Minister that the land was revoked on an overriding public interest was not supported by any shred of evidence before the court. It further held that the initial letter of offer issued Turai’s organization by the Minister remains valid and subsisting.

“The defendants failed woefully to adduce any shred of evidence before this court to support their claims that the allocation of the land was revoked on overriding public interest. There is no overriding public interest in this issue. The allocation made to the plaintiff who is a vocational training centre was in public interest and in line with section 28 (1) of Land Use Act”

Patience Jonathan and Turai Yar’Adua

Turai Yar’Adua

Patience Jonathan: loses land battle
The court faulted the FCT Minister’s exercise of his powers in revoking the plot of land allocated to Turai’s organization, noting that the exercise of that power to revoke allocation of land must come within the confines of the law.

Delivery of the court’s judgment was adjourned by the court several times to enable Mrs. Jonathan and Hajia Turai Yar’Adua reach a negotiated settlement but all to no avail.

The disputed land, plot no. 1347 Cadastral Zone AOO, Central Business District, Abuja, FCT, was initially allocated to Women and Youth Empowerment Foundation, WAYEF, while Mrs. Yar’adua was First Lady, but the FCT Minister, Mr. Bala Mohammed, revoked the allocation for what he described as “overriding public interest” and re-allocated it to Mrs.

Jonathan for the building of African First Lady Peace Mission Headquarters on 2nd of November, 2011.

Mrs. Yar’Adua complained that the land allocated to WAYEF on 19 February 2010 was being trespassed upon by Mrs. Jonathan and got a court order dated in 2012 restraining the First Lady from affecting WAYEF title and interest over the land.
Those joined as co-defendants in the suit are the FCT Minister, the Abuja Geographic Information System, AGIS and the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF.

Turai, on behalf of her organisation, WAYEF, is asking for N1.5 billion as general damages, N100 Million as exemplary damages, N100 Million as aggravated damages in addition to N261 Million already paid for Certificate of Occupancy as well as N454 Million paid for building designs.

WAYEF’s lawyer, Mr. Adamu Ahmed Ibrahim, observed that while it appears that the Ministry of Justice may be interested and committed to a settlement, their terms and what they offer says otherwise.

According to the lawyer, the land being offered by the FCTA was a much smaller parcel of land than the one purportedly acquired from WAYEF for Mrs. Jonathan.

As part of the moves to get a negotiated settlement, the Federal Capital Territory Administration had offered WAYEF Plot. 1838 Cadastral Zone AOO Abuja measuring 6119.29 square meters as replacement plot. While another plot 1839 was also proposed to be in favour of the African First Lady Mission, measuring 6100.51 square meters

The said Plot nos 1838 and 1839 are subdivided from plot 700 CBD Cadastral Zone AOO, Abuja.

The court however did not grant Turai’s demand for monetary damages.

Head of the legal unit of the FCT Administration, Mrs. Ima Akpongete, while reacting to the decision of the court indicated that the FCT will appeal the decision and argued that the minister exercised the power of his office accordingly in revoking the allocation and reallocating it to First Lady’s Peace Mission.

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Dis useless cargoes should Bleep off of wat use are dey to d public other than causing unnecessary problem.rubbish

Na wa ooOOO!!!

Rule of law paying, shame on Bala Muhammad & Patience.

Dem still d drag this land issue?

Two shameless greedy women. When they die, that strip of land will still remain in that same place.


Vanity upon vanity.

See the reason GEJ should be impeached- He cannot control his kleptomaniac wife! She wants to have a piece of everything.. GEJ, his wife and entire corrupt sycophants have damaged the image of the country beyond repair.

Struggling with a widow for a piece of land when she already have enough is brazen wickedness in its entirety.. I believe Patience to be a low-lifer, a thief and a degenerate.

We need a strong willed character to run this country, not a weakling..!!

power don make this woman don turn to wicked woman overnight o, see her wowo face.

I know GEJ wont be bleeping this grandma Shes jes toooo groooooos! Anyways, dem fit themselves

Avaricious old hags. When una die, remember to carry the land go hell o.

@ OP...can you replace "Win" with "Defeat"? Patience is not an object so you cannot qualify the verb "Win" with Patience as an object....it just sounds ODD![color=#990000][/color]

make dem kill demselves,wetin concern me.

She used to be a pretty woman.

the_ripper3: Avaricious old hags. When una die, remember to carry the land go hell o.

So on point.....

Greedy old women

And she has a nice smile too.

And she has a happy family.

engineerd: @ OP...can you replace "Win" with "Defeat"? Patience is not an object so you cannot qualify the verb "Win" with Patience as an object....it just sounds ODD!

kai nawa oo see lecturing on top wetin guy take am easy no be evrybody dey mind all dis things as long as d message is gotten isnt dat d purpose of communication.lol pls i need english teacher do u mind

Where is Bala Mohammed?

pDude: Two shameless greedy women. When they die, that strip of land will still remain in that same place.


Vanity upon vanity.

Can you imagine.! My guy the thing tire me..! we are not talking about plots na hectares these two thieves dey provoke upon. Money wey dem no work for, land wey no be dia own.... Na pen we go take collect am back..

like husband like wife

nairaman66: See the reason GEJ should be impeached- He cannot control his kleptomaniac wife! She wants to have a piece of everything.. GEJ, his wife and entire corrupt sycophants have damaged the image of the country beyond repair.

Struggling with a widow for a piece of land when she already have enough is brazen wickedness in its entirety.. I believe Patience to be a low-lifer, a thief and a degenerate.

We need a strong willed character to run this country, not a weakling..!!

Dude.! Hectares naim you call piece of land... Wahala dey o..! Besides wetin consign ruling a country and dubious wives....

Lol. Did the judge really say that the deffendant failed "woefull" in providing evidence of revocation? That's what d judiciary should be doing: state facts the way they are no matter whose Ox is gored! Am sure that this ruling will will set precedent over future cases. Bravo Justice Affren!

My fellow widows, y u no leave d land peacefully for d widow nah?

NA TODAY! Biko go and sit down.

nairaman66: See the reason GEJ should be impeached- He cannot control his kleptomaniac wife! She wants to have a piece of everything.. GEJ, his wife and entire corrupt sycophants have damaged the image of the country beyond repair.

Struggling with a widow for a piece of land when she already have enough is brazen wickedness in its entirety.. I believe Patience to be a low-lifer, a thief and a degenerate.

We need a strong willed character to run this country, not a weakling..!!

you nothing but a cursed sem'en!
So Jonathan should be impeached because this right?

2 greedy thieves fighting over what does not belong to them.

Now that judicial victory has gone to the other party the headlines are- Turai Floors Patience or Turai humiliates Patience,etc. But if it were the other way round, like in the case of Rivers PDP, headlines and analysis such as Jonathan desecrates judiciary, Jonathan becoming dictatorial, democracy in danger,etc will be rampant.

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for Corrupt First Lady

Sincere 9gerian: A