A citizen here has accused the former mayor of Makkah of stealing his land and giving it to his son. Now the High Court in Makkah has asked the Makkah Mayoralty and the First Notary Public in Makkah to provide testimony about the accusation. Engineer Abdul Shakoor Abdul Jabbar, the alleged owner of the property, claimed that the mayor encroached on his land, which was part of a plot certified in 1985. He said the mayor had claimed that the land which he gave to his son did not fall within the plot's boundaries and was not owned by anyone. Hassan Madani, a lawyer hired by the ex-mayor said: “The Notary Public in Makkah had made a mistake by registering the land to the citizen.” Abdul Jabbar replied to this allegation by saying that he obtained the title deed to the plot seven years before the mayor's son. Informed sources told Okaz that the ex-mayor had allegedly ordered a mayoralty representative to sign the titled deed to the plot because his son was still a minor at the time. In addition, the land transaction was removed from the records of the mayoralty and the notary public. Meanwhile, the original owners of the land produced a document allegedly proving that the mayor had abused his power by completing the formalities in the interest of his son. They have called on the court to summon the ex-mayor and question him about the land. Sources said the High Court has ordered the First Notary Public to produce the original documentation. However, the Notary Public has claimed that it has been looking for the documents over the past 11 months but found nothing. Abdul Jabbar said he provided the court with the necessary documents issued by the City Planning Administration and also produced a construction permit to build on the land. He also produced official documents allegedly showing that the ex-mayor had used his powers to register the land in the name of his son. Madani, however, said the title deed of the ex-mayor's son is the correct one. The lawyer said he spoke to the ex-mayor, who expressed his readiness to solve the problem. The ex-mayor told Madani that his son had applied for the land and received it legally. The lawyer argued that the notary public had issued the deed illegally to the plaintiff.
