The minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has sent a serious warning to hotels and event centers in Abuja ahead of the People’s Democratic Party’s faction under Kabiru Turaki’s leadership declaration of former President Goodluck Jonathan as the consensus presidential candidate for the 2027 general elections.
In a statement by the Federal Capital Territory Administration, the FCTA has sounded a note of warning to owners of event centers, hotels, and other public buildings in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to stop offering their facilities for use by illegal organizations.
The FCTA noted that allocations of lands in the FCT are strictly to carry out lawful activities, adding that “going forward, title documents of any event center, hotel, or public building that is used for the gathering of illegal organizations will be revoked.”
This was contained in a statement on Friday by Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.
“In view of the need to further ensure the security of lives and properties in the FCT and sustain the efforts of security agencies in this regard, usage of event centers, hotels, and other public buildings will now be closely monitored.
“This is aimed at ensuring that they are not used by illegal organizations for gatherings capable of disrupting the peace of the nation’s capital.
“Owners of these facilities are therefore urged to take cognizance of the legality of organizations seeking to use their facilities and the purpose before letting them out.
“For instance, in this political season, owners of event centers and hotels in particular must ensure that they only deal with independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)-recognized leadership of political parties in respect of the use of their facilities, and proper records of transactions must be kept.
“Failure to comply with this directive will result in revocation of the title documents of such properties.”
Recall that the Turaki-led faction of the PDP announced a plan to declare Jonathan its consensus candidate for the 2027 presidential election on Saturday, 30th May 2026.
