The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has restrained Minister of the FCT Nyesom Wike, the FCT Administration (FCTA), and the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) from enforcing the revocation of a disputed land in Maitama, Abuja.
Gatekeepers News reports that the interim order, delivered on December 22, 2025, by Justice Bello Kawu, specifically bars the defendants from acting on a revocation notice over Park No. 2008, Cadastral Zone A06.
The order followed an ex parte motion filed by Nanet Hotels Limited, the claimant in FCT/HC/M/17103/2025, challenging the revocation.
“The defendants are restrained from giving effect to, acting upon, enforcing, implementing or taking any step whatsoever pursuant to the purported revocation… pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice,” the court ruled.
“They are also restrained from ejecting, harassing, intimidating, disturbing, sealing, demolishing, reallocating or otherwise interfering with the claimant’s possession and occupation of the property.”
Justice Kawu also directed the Inspector-General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force not to enforce the disputed revocation or provide security for any eviction. The court ordered all parties to maintain the status quo as of the filing date of the application.
Following the ruling, Nanet Hotels, through its solicitors Ojukwu Chikaosolu & Co., issued a public notice on January 20, 2026, warning politicians, public officeholders, developers, investors, and the general public to stay off the land.
“For the avoidance of all doubt, no person, authority, agency or developer whatsoever has any lawful right to allocate, sell, transfer, mortgage, lease, develop or deal in any manner with the said land,” the notice reads.
“Any person who proceeds to transact on the land does so entirely at his own risk and is deemed to have full notice of the pending litigation and court orders.”
