The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) faces a possible loss of its permanent national secretariat complex to Senator Jimoh Ibrahim of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The dispute centers on the land where the 12-storey building is being constructed in Abuja’s Central Business District.
Senator Ibrahim, who represents Ondo South, claims ownership of the land at Plot 243, Cadastral Zone A, covering over 7,100 square meters.
He argued that the land belongs to NICON Insurance Limited, a company he acquired in 2005, two years before the land was allocated to the PDP in 2007.
Ibrahim maintained there is no proper documentation showing the land was separated from the larger NICON property.
The issue has been in court since 2017, with Ibrahim’s NICON Insurance filing a suit to recover the land.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister is also involved in the case. The latest court hearing took place in February 2025.
In March 2025, the FCT Minister issued a revocation order on the same plot, increasing fears within the PDP that the land and the building could be handed over to the APC senator.
The situation is complicated by ongoing conflicts between the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, and the PDP leadership.
Wike, a former Rivers State governor and once a PDP member, now serves as FCT Minister under the APC government and has publicly aligned with the ruling party.
The PDP’s national secretariat, which began construction in 2010, was designed to be a landmark structure with two basement parking floors for about 360 cars, a modern conference center seating over 300, and advanced ICT facilities.
The building also includes space for commercial leasing to generate revenue for the party.
Though the construction was expected to finish by late 2012, work stalled due to funding shortages, and contractors left the site in early 2014.
Fundraising efforts in 2014 raised over N21 billion, with contributions from prominent businessmen, but the building remains incomplete over a decade later.
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