FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has revoked the land title of the proposed new national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party within the Central Business District.
The revocation notice which was made known in a letter dated March 13, 2025, was signed by the Director, of Land Administration of the FCTA, Chijioke Nwankwoeze.
The notice stated that the Peoples Democratic Party has failed to pay the annual ground rents due on the property for twenty years, from January 1, 2006, to January 1, 2025, despite many publications in several national dailies and electronic media to pay up every outstanding bill and ground rent on its property.
It added that the non-compliance by the PDP National Secretariat runs contrary to the provisions of Section 28, Subsection 5 (a) and (b) of the Land Use Act.
The administration therefore informed the PDP that the Plot, No 243 Central Area, Cadastral Zone A00, Abuja, has been reverted to the FCT Administration and the Administration will take immediate possession of it.
The letter read, "I have been directed to refer to the above Right of Occupancy granted to PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP), NATIONAL SECRETARIAT and inform you that the Minister of Federal Capital Territory has in the exercise of powers conferred on him under the Land Use Act No. 6 of 1978, Cap. L5, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, revoked your rights, interests, and privileges over Plot No. 243 within Central Area, Cadastral Zone A00, Abuja.
"The revocation is in view of your continued contravention of the terms and conditions of grant of the Right of Occupancy by failing to pay the annual ground rents due on the property for twenty (20) years, from Ist of January 2006 to 1st of January 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 bill and ground rent on their property".
