More than 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu ordered Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) officials to unseal premises seized for non-payment of ground rent, the PDP’s national office remains locked and key.
An uproar was reportedly caused by the FCTA’s mass sealing of properties on Monday, but Tinubu stepped in and ordered the defaulting houses to be unsealed.
The President advised the defaulters to regularize all their land titles prior to the deadline and granted them a 14-day grace time to pay the ground rent with a penalty of ₦2 million.
At approximately 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, the gate of the PDP headquarters in Wuse Zone 5, Abuja, remained padlocked, with the FCTA seal adhered to the lock, according to Daily Trust.
According to reports, several party employees were spotted sitting outside the main gate, while others wandered about, complaining about the situation.
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An unnamed staff member commented on the development, expressing his suspicion that there is an underlying directive not to open PDP.
“I was here yesterday when the FCTA staff came around,” the individual stated. They visited the Ibro Hotel, FIRS, and NAPTIP and opened them all. They drove off as soon as they reached our office.
“I went to their office and spoke with the Lands director, but he informed me that they are still awaiting AGIS’s directive to unlock PDP.”
The PDP had not yet released an official response to the most recent development at the time this report was filed.
