‘What’s what you are promoting with land’ – Wike blasts UniAbuja lecturers as strike looms

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has slammed the University of Abuja chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over its menace to close down the establishment over land.

At a media parley on Thursday, Wike questioned what proper the union has to problem land allocation in Abuja.

According to him, land administration within the FCT is the accountability of the FCT Administration and has nothing to do with any commerce union.

“What is the business of ASUU on our land? How is ASUU the owner of land? Is ASUU the owner of the union in Nigeria now? Is it the union’s right?” Wike queried.

He additionally dismissed claims that the FCTA was grabbing land, stating that the administration was solely implementing the Abuja Master Plan and recovering land that was allotted however left undeveloped with out correct documentation and approvals.

The minister equally described the strike menace by the union as blackmail, noting that the FCTA won’t be pressured into reversing its selections, and that it is able to defend the allocations if ASUU goes to court docket.

Recall that the face-off began on Tuesday when ASUU UniAbuja chairman, Professor Sylvanus Ugoh, addressed a press convention in Abuja, accusing Wike of allocating parts of the college land in Giri District to personal people and firms, regardless of a court docket order restraining him.

According to ASUU, Justice F.E. Mesiri of the Maitama High Court granted an interlocutory injunction on August 18, 2026, barring Wike from getting into or interfering with the disputed land.

The union alleged that on September 26, 2026, parts of the land had been nonetheless allotted to personal pursuits, stressing that the college was allotted 11,824 hectares when it was established in 1988, and the land is required for future growth, hostels, analysis centres and innovation hubs.