"New pdp" dealth another blow as FCTA seals off Adamawa Gov's Lodge..

The national secretariat of the "New PDP" in Abuja also sealed off by the police.

The faction of Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, led by Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje yesterday suffered another major blow as the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, sealed the Adamawa State Governor’s Lodge located in the exclusive Maitama District, which served as its temporary secretariat citing alleged use of the property for political party activities.In a press statement issued Saturday, the FCTA said it sealed the lodge because of a purported ‘abuse of the Abuja Master Plan’ by the Adamawa State government.

 The statement which was signed by the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister – Sen. Bala Mohammed’s Chief Press Secretary,   Muhammad Hazat Sule, said converting the building into political party office had negated “the spirit of urban planning and (was) causing untold hardship” to residents of the area.

   All the Governor’s Lodges in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja are enshrined in the Abuja Master Plan to be for residential purposes, but not for political party secretariat as the Adamawa State Governor’s Lodge is currently being used,” Hazat said in the statement.

  The Governor’s Lodge as it is today, is being used as political party office, thereby negating the spirit of urban planning and causing untold hardship on the residents dwelling in that area of the city, as well as inflicting undue pressure on the infrastructure and services therein,” he added.

" It may be noted that any change of Land Use is usually accompanied with over-stretching of facilities that were planned for a certain number of people, apart from also causing high volume of traffic with its attendant problems." 

 Hmmmm *deep sigh*