Rivers Govt Revokes Senator Maeba’s C of O

The Rivers State government has revoked the Certificate of Occupancy of land allocated to former Senator Lee Maeba at the Golf Course axis of the Old GRA in Port Harcourt, the state capital.

Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, recently declared Maeba and other supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, as ‘enemies of the state’.

Others are; a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Austin Opara, former governor of the state (now de-recognised), Sir Celestine Omehia and a serving member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chinyere Igwe.

The revocation order was contained in a letter addressed on November 2, 2022, to the former two-term senator, who is also the Chairman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council in the state.

However, when contacted, Maeba expressed surprise at the development, saying, “How can a governor grant a certificate of occupancy and withdraw it six months later?”.

He said the land was allocated to him with a Certificate of Occupancy duly signed by Governor Wike himself.

The former senator who represented the Rivers South-East District in the National Assembly, in the said C of O shows the certificate number as 2022/0009/A803005, with file number as RSL/64872

The certificate of occupancy was titled: The Government of Rivers State of Nigeria — The Land Use Act Caps vol. 8 len, 2004 carried an embossed colour portrait photo of Senator Maeba.