10 days to end of tenure, El-Rufai marks 9 Makarfi’s companies for demolition, revokes C of O

A move that would shock many is the one recently carried out by the governor of Kaduna state.

On Thursday, May 18, Governor Nasir El-Rufai revoked the Right of Occupancy of nine companies belonging to a former Governor, Senator Ahmed Muhammed Makarfi.

Daily Trust understands that the notice of revocation and withdrawal of the right of occupancy had been served to the officials of the affected companies.

The official notice of revocation was addressed to the Director of Cane Properties, Plot 11, Murtala Square, Doka, Alhaji Ibrahim Makarfi who responded, “Our Lawyers will respond accordingly to the revocation and withdrawal of right of Occupancy of the companies.”

However, reacting to the revocation in a text message sent to Senator Makarfi, he confirmed receipt of nine revocation letters, The Nigerian Tribune report added.

He said, “There is a serious issue. We need to meet Ustaz Yunus (SAN) to go to court to stop the state government; they just sent nine revocation letters to us”.

Listed among the affected properties are five plots in Mogadishu, three plots on Kwato road, and the Doka plot.