Wike Revokes PDP's National Secretariat Land Title In Abuja The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has officially revoked the land title of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national secretariat in Abuja due to the party’s failure to pay ground rents for the past 20 years
In a letter dated March 13, 2025, Wike told the PDP of the revocation, citing the party’s abide breakup of the Land Use Act, which mandates the payment of ground rents for properties in the Federal Capital Territory.
The Round Table discloses that the letter, signed by the Director of Land Administration (FTC), Chijioke Nwankwoeze, revealed that despite repeated public notices, the PDP failed to remit the required payments for the years 2006 to 2025.
The notice, titled “Notice of Right of Occupancy with File No: MISC 81346”, specifically referenced Plot No. 243, situated within the Central Area District, Abuja, where the PDP’s national headquarters is located.
According to the letter, the FCT Minister utilized the powers discussed by the Land Use Act of 1978 to revoke the PDP’s rights to the plot due to their failure to pay annual ground rents for 20 years.
Wike’s letter revealed, “The revocation is in view of your abide contravention of the terms and conditions of the grant of the Right of Occupancy by failing to pay the annual ground rents due on the property for twenty (20) years, from January 1, 2006, to January 1, 2025. This is despite the many publications made by the FCT Administration since 2023 in several national dailies and on electronic media requesting all allottees of plots in the Federal Capital Territory to pay up every outstanding charge and ground rent on their property.”
In the letter, the FCTA administration further expounded that it would immediately take possession of the PDP’s national secretariat until all outstanding payments and bills are settled.
Wike superposed that the breaches committed by the PDP contravened the provisions of Section 28, Subsection 5 (a) and (b) of the Land Use Act.
The PDP has at the same time to respond to the minister’s action, yet this move has significant implications for the contrariety party, which may now face disputes in maintaining its headquarters in the capital.
The party has long been a vocal critic of the current administration, and this latest development could further aggravate the political tensions between the ruling and antithesis parties.
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Published 3/18/2025