The police in Abuja have arrested an innocent civil servant in a frantic hunt to uncover the source of an ongoing series of alleged land thefts in Abuja linked to Nyesom Wike and his children.
Mairiga Hassan Shaharu, attached to the Fresh Applications Unit of Abuja Geographic Information System( AGIS), was picked up by a team of police detectives on Tuesday afternoon.
His whereabouts remained unknown as of Wednesday morning, fueling concerns within his family that he might be undergoing torture or worse.
A spokesman for the police promised to fetch details of the arrest and get back to our reporters.
Mr Shaharu’s department frontloads new filings for AGIS, which manages and verifies land ownership and asset records throughout the Federal Capital Territory.
Mr Shaharu’s colleagues said they expected Mr Wike to continue making mistakes by arresting and punishing low-to-mid-level officials who had nothing to do with the sourcing of the documents that illustrated the extent of the minister’s 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.
“He’s confused and moving fast, which is why he keeps making mistakes,” an official informed on the minister’s activity told newsmen.
“He’s been drinking even more heavily now and cursing at everybody, including his wife,” he added.
A spokesman for the minister was not immediately available for comment on Mr Shaharu’s arrest.
