Sad notes on the golden jubilee of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), by Ayuba Ahmad The story of Abuja assuming its present-day status as the Capital Territory effectively began in January, 1976, when the then military regime under the late General Murtala Ramat Muhammed issued a decree on the change of the nation's seat of power from the coastal city of Lagos to a more centrally located territory in the hinterland.   A seven-member panel under Justice Akinola Aguda was constituted in 1975 to look for a suitable location in the country...