Court Bars Wike, FCTA From Interfering With Nanet Hotel’s Maitama Property

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has barred the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, and the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) from interfering with a disputed property in Maitama District, Abuja, over a pending suit filed by Nanet Hotels Limited.

The hotel issued a public notice warning investors, developers, and government authorities to stay away from the property at Park No. 2008, Cadastral Zone A06, Maitama District, citing subsisting court orders over the land.

The warning, issued through the company’s solicitors, is contained in a public notice dated January 20, 2026, and signed by Chikaosolu Ojukwu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, and Segun Fiki.

The notice covers all land and properties located at Park No. 2008 in Maitama District, Abuja, measuring approximately 1.96 hectares.

According to the solicitors, the dispute is the subject of a suit marked FCT/HC/CV/5274/2025, pending before the FCT High Court between Nanet Hotels Limited and the Minister of the FCT, alongside two others.

They said the court has already issued interim orders restraining all parties from interfering with Nanet Hotels’ possession of the property.

The hotel disclosed that on December 22, 2025, the court granted an interim injunction restraining the FCT Minister, the FCTA, and another defendant from interfering with the claimant’s possession and occupation of the land, pending the hearing and determination of a motion on notice.

The solicitors said that since the case is still before the court and the orders remain in force, no individual or organisation has the legal right to allocate, sell, or transfer any part of the land or on any property linked to the park.

They also warned members of the public against entering into any transaction connected to the land, directly or indirectly, stressing that anyone who does so acts entirely at their own risk.

The notice further stated that any investor who acquires an interest in the land could be dragged into long and costly legal disputes with serious financial consequences.

It added that anyone who proceeds to deal with the property would be deemed to have been fully aware of the pending court case, the existing court orders, and Nanet Hotels Limited’s ownership and possession claims.

The solicitors said their client is prepared to pursue the matter to the Supreme Court, if necessary, as part of efforts to curb land grabbing and the unlawful conversion of parks and gardens in the Federal Capital Territory by both public and private actors.

They therefore urged all stakeholders to immediately desist from any dealings related to the property, warning that any action taken in defiance of the notice and the court orders would be at grave risk.

Court documents dated December 22, 2025, seen by THE WHISTLER, show that the FCT High Court, presided over by Justice Bello Kawu, granted the interim orders following a motion ex parte filed by Nanet Hotels Limited against the FCT Minister and others.

The court restrained the defendants from enforcing or acting on a purported revocation notice contained in a letter dated July 7, 2025, and received on September 24, 2025, pending the determination of the motion on notice.

Justice Kawu also barred the defendants from ejecting, harassing, intimidating, sealing, demolishing, relocating, or otherwise interfering with Nanet Hotels’ possession and occupation of the property.

In addition, the court directed the Inspector-General of Police and the Nigeria Police Force to refrain from enforcing the alleged revocation or assisting in any form of eviction or disturbance of the claimant, pending the hearing of the motion on notice.

The judge further ordered all parties to maintain the status quo as at the date the suit was filed.

Nanet Hotels maintains that under a Deed of Sub-Lease dated July 9, 2007, it is entitled to remain in possession of the property until 2037, unless the sub-lease is lawfully terminated in line with its terms and applicable law.