Wike Defies Tinubu’s Directive, As PDP HQ Remains Sealed 36 Hours After
•By Admin
ABUJA – The national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday remains sealed, 36 hours President Bola Ahmed Tinubu directed the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike to unseal the building.
Recall that President Tinubu had few hours after the sealing of the properties across the FCT, the President ordered that the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) should unseal all the 3,794 properties confiscated due to failure to pay ground rent, including the PDP headquarters, which is yet to be unsealed.
President Tinubu had also gave the defaulting property owners 14 days grace period to pay the ground rent with a penalty of N2million and also regularise all their land titles.
However, a visit to the PDP headquarters showed that the gate is still padlocked with a lock belonging to FCTA and their sticker still pasted at the gate as at 11am on Wednesday.
Our correspondent also observed that all the building around Wuse Zone 5, including Federal Island Revenue Service (FIRS), Ibro Hotel, Total Filling Station and National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have been opened on Tuesday while PDP is still under lock and key.
A staff of the party, who spoke with our correspondent on the condition of anonymity, said that the FCTA staff came around the premises but quickly moved out after unsealing adjourning properties.
He said that he suspects that there is an underlying instruction that PDP should not be opened.
“I was here yesterday when the FCTA staff came around. They went to FIRS, Ibro, NAPTIP and unsealed all of them. When they came to our office, they quickly drove away.
“I followed them to their office and met with the director of Lands but he said that they are still waiting for an instructions from AGIS to unseal PDP,” the source said.
Reacting to the development in a telephone chat with our correspondent, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon. Debo Ologunagba said, “I will rather not want to talk about it right now. We shall take the appropriate action at the right time.”
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