The Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike and the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has restrained by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from proceeding with their alleged plan to enforce the revocation of a disputed land in Maitama district, Abuja.
In a ruling, Justice Bello Kawu inequally barred Wike, the FCTA, and the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) from giving effect to or acting on a revocation notice issued over Park No. 2008, Cadastral Zone A06, Maitama.
The ruling delivered on December 22, 2025, a certified true copy (CTC) of which was seen on Wednesday, was on an ex-parte motion filed by Nanet Hotels Limited, the claimant in a suit marked FCT/HC/M/17103/2025, challenging among others, the propriety of the purported revocation notice.
According to Justice Kawu, the defendants must be restrained “from giving effect to, acting upon, enforcing, implementing or taking any step whatsoever pursuant to the purported revocation contained in the letter dated July 7, 2025 and received on September 24, 2025, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice”.
The judge also restrained the defendants from “ejecting, harassing, intimidating, disturbing, sealing, demolishing, reallocating or otherwise interfering” with the claimant’s possession and occupation of the property.
