Nyesom Wike’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, has revealed why the PDP’s Secretariat was revoked. According to Olayinka, the PDP hasn’t paid ground rent for 20 years, so Wike is unable to remove the party’s Secretariat from the list of landowners who defaulted. Wike had authorized the revocation of 4,794 land titles in the FCT.

Because the ground rent had not been paid for more than 40 years, the Minister revoked the land titles.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the PDP, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are among the properties that are impacted.

Others include CONOIL Plc, Borno State Government, Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, National university commission, NUC, M.R.S Investment Company Limited and Kaduna State Government.

Also affected include Nigerian Port Authority, NPA, News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, University of Calabar, Nigerian Postal Service and Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, among others. Posting on Facebook, Olayinka wrote: “For 20 years, PDP did not pay Ground Rent. They want Wike to remove PDP from among the 4,794 defaulters. “A total of 4,794 land titles were revoked over failure to pay ground rent for 10 to 43 years.

“If PDP and any other organizations are among, so be it. Wike no dey look face.”