Abuja Landquake: FCTA Moves Against PDP, INEC, CBN, NNPC In Massive Repossession Drive

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has announced plans to begin taking possession of 4,794 properties starting next Monday. These properties, spread across key districts including Central Area, Garki I and II, Wuse I and II, Asokoro, Maitama, and Guzape, were revoked due to non-payment of ground rent spanning 10 to 43 years.

The FCTA emphasized that the reclamation process will proceed regardless of the ownership status of the properties, citing adherence to existing laws and regulations.

The announcement was made during a press briefing in Abuja by Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, along with Chijioke Nwankwoeze, Director of Land Administration, and Mukhtar Galadima, Director of the Department of Development Control.

It will be recalled that on March 19, 2025, the administration revoked Wadata Plaza—the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Wuse Zone 5—due to long-standing ground rent debts. While officials clarified the plaza is privately owned by Samaila Mamman Kofi, who acquired it through legal assignment, they revealed that 28 years of unpaid rent, from 1998 to 2025, totaling N2.84 million, triggered the action.

In addition to Wadata Plaza, the FCTA listed several other high-profile properties with revoked titles, including those owned by the Nigerian Postal Service, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), National Universities Commission (NUC), Borno State Government, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Federal Ministry of Environment, and the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, among others.

According to officials, ownership of the affected properties has reverted to the FCTA, which will now begin asserting control over them from next week.