Breaking: Wike Revokes PDP National Secretariat Land, Reason, Details Emerge
by by Esther Odili · Legit.ng News · Join- FCT minister Nyesom Wike has revoked the land title of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national secretariat in Abuja due to 20 years of unpaid ground rent
- The revocation notice, dated March 13, 2025, was signed by Chijioke Nwankwoeze, Director of Land Administration
- The PDP national secretariat land is part of the over 4,700 land Wike’s led FCTA has revoked in Abuja
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Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.
FCT, Abuja - The minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has revoked the land of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national secretariat in Abuja.
The revocation notice was contained in a letter dated March 13, 2025.
The letter titled “Notice of right of occupancy,” was signed by the Director, Land Administration (FTC), Chijioke Nwankwoeze.
Why Wike revoked PDP land in Abuja
As reported by Daily Trust, Nwankwoeze attributed the decision to the failure of the opposition party to pay the annual ground rents from January 1, 2006, to January 1, 2025.
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.
“You would please note that the said breaches by PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP), NATIONAL SECRETARIAT (MISC 81346) run contrary to the provisions of Section 28, Subsection 5 (a) and (b) of the Land Use Act.”
Wike revokes over 4000 land titles in Abuja
Meanwhile, Nyesom Wike disclosed that 4,794 land titles have been revoked over nonpayment of ground rent.
The minister explained that a total of 8,375 property owners in the Central Area, Garki I and II, Wuse I and II, Guzape, Asokoro, and Maitama, have not paid any ground rent for 40 years now.
Wike also disclosed that the landowners owed the government a total of N6,967,980,119.
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Buhari reacts as Wike revokes 762 plots of land
In a similar development, Legit.ng reported that ex-President Muhammadu Buhari reacted as the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), under minister Nyesom Wike, revoked 762 land allocations in Abuja, over unpaid fees.
The revocation affected Buhari and other notable figures, with a deadline for other landowners to settle outstanding fees or risk losing their Rights of Occupancy (R-of-O).
Garba Shehu, former spokesperson for ex-President Buhari, issued a statement to clarify that the plot in question was owned by the Buhari Foundation, not by Buhari personally.
Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, copy editor at Legit.ng.