The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has directed owners of event centres and hotels in Abuja to refuse access to any political party faction not recognized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), warning that title documents of non-compliant properties will be revoked.
The directive, issued Friday by Lere Olayinka, Senior
Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to FCT Minister
Nyesom Wike, comes amid intensifying factional disputes within major political
parties ahead of the 2027 general elections.
“Owners of Event Centres 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,” Olayinka stated.
The instruction effectively empowers venue owners — and by
extension the FCTA — to determine which political tendencies may lawfully
assemble in the nation’s capital, a power that critics are likely to read as an
attempt to tilt the playing field against factions contesting for control of
parties currently locked in leadership disputes.
Wike’s administration described the move broadly as a
security measure, saying facilities would be monitored to prevent gatherings
“capable of disrupting the peace of the nation’s capital.”
“Failure to comply with this directive will result in
revocation of the title documents of such properties,” Olayinka warned.
The order lands at a particularly sensitive moment, with the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party, and other opposition formations
embroiled in parallel leadership and court battles over which faction holds
legitimate control—contests in which INEC recognition has become the decisive
factor.
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