In a press briefing held in Abuja, Prof. Manko dismissed the claim, stating that the 11,000 hectares were legitimately allocated by the Federal Government as part of the university’s foundational assets.
“This land is a legacy asset. It was given to the university by the Federal Government to secure its future development. We are not selling land. We are building a future,” she said.
The controversy was ignited on June 30, during the inauguration of an access road in the Giri district, where Wike criticized the institution for allegedly fencing off land without proper documentation.
“No document, nothing. That’s all you see there, fencing everywhere. And before you know it, they were going to sell our land,” Wike had claimed.
