The FCT Director of Lands, Chijioke Nwanwkoeze, has defined the Peoples Democratic Birthday celebration has didn’t pay the garden hire for its nationwide secretariat for 28 years, amounting to N7.6m.
He mentioned that on Wednesday in Abuja presen addressing pressmen at the controversies environment the revocation of the land identify of the PDP nationwide secretariat.
Recall that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, had revoked the land identify of the PDP secretariat situated within the Central Department, Abuja.
The revocation realize used to be contained in a letter dated March 13, 2025, titled “Notice of Revocation of Right of Occupancy with File No. MISC 81346 in respect of Plot No 243 Within Central Area (A00) District, Abuja”.
Following the revocation, the PDP Nationwide Exposure Secretary, Deborah Ologunagba, in a remark on Wednesday, criticised the proceed via the FCT minister to revoke land titles of the PDP secretariat on the Wadata Plaza, and its unused detail beneath building.
On the other hand, Nwanwkoeze famous that the minister had simplest revoked the identify of detail beneath building within the Central Department, including that the Wadata Plaza development didn’t belong to the PDP within the first playground.
“In truth that the minister revoked 4,794 titles. PDP is only one of them – only one, now not two. The identify we’re speaking about that belongs to PDP is just one, the only within the Central Department. The place they’re occupying as their nationwide headquarters isn’t their detail. That’s the explanation that community want to know.
“The detail belongs to 1 Samaila Maman Ofi, who purchased it from Wadata and were given his papers registered by means of project. So, on that detail, 28 years of garden hire is being owed. 28 years, from 1998 to 2025.
They’re owing N7,603,504.31 for 28 years. And we spill out notices for community to return and pay, or chance having their titles revoked. From 2023 until now, this is a couple of 12 months and a part from when the ones publications began, they didn’t pay. And the minister needed to do what he had to do – now not simply on that, however on all alternative titles. And community are telling me we’re revoking two detail belonging to PDP. That isn’t true. It is just person who belongs to PDP, the only within the central segment,” he stated.
Nwanwkoeze additional disclosed that the revocation realize for the Wadata Plaza detail in Wuse Zone 5 were served at the proprietor in Kaduna, including {that a} realize may just now not be served at the PDP, as they had been simplest tenants instead than identify holders.
“The revocation realize has been served on him at his Kaduna cope with – the cope with on document. We didn’t grant this kind of realize at the PDP. The one one we served on them used to be the only for the Central Department.
“You don’t serve a revocation notice on a tenant or an occupier. You serve it on the title holder – that is what the law says. So, for clarity purposes, it is only one property owned by PDP that was revoked under those circumstances.”
The FCT director additionally refuted claims that the revocation workout used to be focused at PDP, noting that the workout similarly affected executive establishments, non-public organizations and people who has additionally didn’t create garden hire bills for greater than 40 years.
“And I wish to additionally point out that we’re speaking about 4,794 titles. There are a lot community who’re affected. Govt establishments, non-public organisations, non-public folks…
“It is not only PDP. So, I don’t know where the information about the revocation being targeted at the PDP is coming from. So, let that be noted by the public, please. As we mentioned the other day, some people are owing grants for about 43 years, so many 42, 41, and so on. 43 years is almost half of the lifetime of that grant. Remember, these grants are made for 99 years, most of them. So, half of it is 49.5 years, and somebody is owing grants for about half of the life of that grant. That is not good enough,” Nwanwkoeze mentioned.