President has no right over landed property – Falana

Femi Falana, a lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has said that presidents and commanders-in-chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria have no right over landed property.

Falana made this assertion on Wednesday when he appeared as a guest during an interview on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television monitored by DAILY POST.

“Land Use Decree was inserted in the Constitution. Notwithstanding, the entrenchment of that law in the Constitution is a state matter.

“Apart from the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, no president has right over landed properties in any state of the federation.

“We also have had cases of physical planning. Under the military, approval of buildings and town planning generally was a federal matter,” Falana stated.