FCTA threatens revocation of event centres, hotels hosting illegal groups

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has warned owners of event centres, hotels, and other public buildings in FCT to stop offering their facilities for use by illegal organisations.

The FCTA noted that allocations of lands in the FCT are strictly to carry out lawful activities, adding that “going forward, title documents of any event centre, hotel or public building that is used for the gathering of illegal organisations will be revoked.”

The warning was contained in a statement issued on Friday by Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.

The FCTA stated: “In view of the need to further ensure the security of lives and properties in the FCT and sustain the efforts of security agencies in this regard, usage of event centres, hotels, and other public buildings will now be closely monitored.

“This is aimed at ensuring that they are not used by illegal organisations for gatherings capable of disrupting the peace of the nation’s capital.

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“Owners of these facilities are therefore urged to take cognizance of the legality of organizations seeking to use their facilities and the purpose before letting them out.

“For instance, in this political season, owners of event centres and hotels in particular must ensure that they only deal with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recognised leadership of political parties in respect of the use of their facilities, and proper records of transactions must be kept.

“Failure to comply with this directive will result to revocation of the title documents such properties.”