The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday intensified its crackdown on property owners defaulting on ground rent payments.
The FCTA has sealed the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) office, a Total petrol station, and the National Headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja.
The Total filling station, located in Zone 6, Wuse, was shut down over ground rent owed for 34 years.
In a letter dated March 13, 2025, signed by the Director of Land Administration, Chijioke Nwankwoeze, the FCTA said: “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. 2456 within Wuse I, Cadastral Zone A02, Abuja.”
The letter emphasized that the revocation was due to continued failure to pay the annual ground rent for over three decades.
“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 Thirty-Four (34) years,” it added.
In a related development, FCTA staff, under the directive of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, sealed the PDP’s national secretariat—Wadata Plaza—in Wuse Zone 5 at exactly 2:06 p.m. on Monday.
The action followed the FCTA’s announcement on Sunday, signaling plans to reclaim properties linked to 4,794 revoked land titles over non-payment of ground rent spanning 10 to 43 years.
These sweeping closures are part of a broader enforcement campaign aimed at recovering significant outstanding liabilities from property owners across the Federal Capital Territory.
Officials said several notices and public warnings had been issued since 2023, urging allottees to settle their dues or face revocation and enforcement measures.
