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FCTA Begins Sealing , Seizure Of 4,794 Properties In Abuja May 26

...for non-payment of ground rents

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May 23, 2025
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FCTA Begins Sealing , Seizure Of  4,794 Properties In Abuja May 26
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it will begin to formally claim 4,794 properties across Abuja as from Monday, May 26, 2025.

The FCDA said in Abuja on Friday that it had earlier revoked land titles of the 4,794 properties due to non-payment of ground rent spanning 10 to 43 years.

The 4,794 properties in the Central Area, Garki I and II, Wuse I and II, Asokoro, Maitama and Guzape districts.

This was revealed during a press briefing on Friday, led by

Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the FCT Minister addressed a press conference on the issue in Abuja.

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With him at the press briefing are Chijioke Nwankwoeze, Director of Land Administration, and Mukhtar Galadima, Director of the Department of Development Control.

The officials told journalists that the affected property owners repeatedly failed to settle statutory dues despite several warnings and opportunities to comply.

“Ownership of the revoked 4,794 properties in the Central Area, Garki I and II, Wuse I and II, Asokoro, Maitama and Guzape districts, had already reverted to the FCTA, and as from Monday, next week, the government will begin to exercise its rights of ownership on the affected landed properties.

“As usual, this will be done without consideration as to ownership of the affected landed properties.

“It will be purely in line with extant laws and regulations guiding the process,” Olayinka said.

The Director of Development Control, explained that affected properties will be sealed up and access to them restricted as from Monday.

He said the FCTA will decide what to do with the affected properties in due course.

On the claim that some people went to court, the Director of Lands stated that there was no court decision on the revocation, and as such, the FCTA is not restricted in the discharge of its lawful functions on the affected properties.

Chijioke Nwankwoeze also disclosed that the FCTA was already compiling records of compliance and non-compliance of title holders that were in default of payment of Ground Rent for between one and ten years, who were given a grace of 21 Days to pay up.

He said the government will act accordingly as soon as the records are fully complied and analyzed.

The address; “Recall that on March 18, 2025, we informed you of the revocation of 4,794 land titles in the Central Area, Garki I and II, Wuse I and II, Asokoro, Maitama and Guzape districts.

“These 4,794 properties were among the total of 8,375 land titles on which Ground Rent was not paid from one year to 43 years.

“We did say then that consequent upon the revocation of these titles, ownership of the affected properties have reverted to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA).

“As from Monday, May 26, 2025, the FCTA will begin to take possession of the affected properties, using relevant agencies of government.

“As usual, this will be done without consideration as to ownership of the affected properties. It will be purely in line with extant laws and regulations guiding the process.

“Recall too that a grace of 21 Days was given to title holders that were in default of payment of Ground Rent for between one and ten years, to pay up or have their land tittles revoked.

“Relevant agencies of the FCTA are already compiling records of compliance and non-compliance with this directive, with a view to acting accordingly.

“It is important to state that payment of Ground Rent on landed properties in the FCT is founded on extant legislation.

“It is clearly stipulated in the terms and conditions of grant of Right of Occupancy, and it is due for payment on the first day of January, each year, without demand.

“In March, this year, list of land titles in default of payment of Ground Rent was compiled in the ten oldest districts of Phase 1 of the Federal Capital City (FCC), namely; Central Area District (Cadastral Zone A00), Garki I (Cadastral Zone A01), Wuse I (Cadastral Zone A02), Garki II (Cadastral Zone A03), Asokoro (Cadastral Zone A04), Maitama (Cadastral Zone A05), Maitama (Cadastral Zone A06), Wuse II (Cadastral Zone A07), Wuse II (Cadastral Zone A08) and Guzape (Cadastral Zone A09).

“In the listed districts, a total of 4,794 land titles were in default of Ground rent payment for 10 years and above.

“As at then, a total of N6,967,980,119 was being owed as Ground Rent by 8,375 property owners.

“This contravene the terms and conditions of grant of the Rights of Occupancy, in line with the provisions of Section 28, Subsections 5(a) and (b) of the Land Use Act.

“Consequently, the titles of the properties in default were revoked in March 2025.

“Therefore, from Monday, May 26, 2025, the FCTA will begin to exercise its lawful rights to take possession of these revoked properties.” (vitalnewsngr.com)

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