Edo government revokes deeds of abandoned properties

The Edo Development and Property Agency has revoked sublease deeds of some abandoned properties in the Bendel Development and Property Authority Estate in the Ugbowo area of Benin City, the state capital.

The agency said the deeds were revoked in line with the clauses 2(j) and 3(a) of the deed of sublease and following notices published in local and national newspapers.

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The Executive Chairman, EDPA, Isoken Omo, in a statement on Tuesday said trespassers on the revoked plots would be prosecuted, asking those with enquiries to contact the agency.

She said, “The general public’s attention is by this notice drawn to the fact that the subleases of abandoned properties at BDPA Estate, Ugbowo, have been revoked forthwith by Edo Development and Property Agency by virtue of Clauses 2(j) and 3(a) of the Deed of Sublease.”

She listed the affected properties to include Plot 23, A Close; Plot 176, 9th Street; and Plot 178, 9th Street, among others.

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