A News anchor, Vimbai Mutinhiri, has claimed that the Kugbo Bus Terminal in Abuja has not been commissioned.
She said this on Thursday, April 9, during the Arise TV morning show, following a severe rainstorm and flood that ruined properties in Abuja.
She said:
“The climate and the environment has changed, but what grabbed my attention was the fact that there was a Kugbo bus terminal which was also destroyed by some of that heavy wind and heavy rainfall, and this is a bus terminal that’s yet to be commissioned.”
“…One of those, you know, trade mark infrastructure projects by the Minister of the FCT, Nyesome Wike. You know, we thank God it hadn’t been commissioned yet because that would have been a real catastrophe.” Vimbai stressed.
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CLAIM
The Kugbo Bus Terminal in Abuja has not been commissioned.
FINDINGS
Findings by The FactCheckHub show that the statement is FALSE.
A search by The FactCheckHub revealed that the terminal was officially commissioned in June 2025. It was part of a N51 billion contract approved in May 2024 for the constructions of three major terminals: Kugbo, Mabushi, and the Central Business District in Abuja.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, represented by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, commissioned the Kugbo Bus and International Taxi Terminal on Thursday, June 26, 2025.
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The ceremony was also attended by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, who oversaw the project’s completion by the contractor, Planet Projects Limited.
On Tuesday, April 7, 2026, a windstorm damaged parts of the bus terminal, ripping off sections of the roof and scattering debris along the Kugbo–Nyanya road.
The project was executed by the Federal Capital Territory Development Agency under the Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory.
Although the terminal remains inactive and is not expected to be operational until 2026, it had already been officially commissioned in June 2025.
VERDICT
The claim that the Kugbo Bus Terminal has not been commissioned is FALSE. Publicly available records confirm the terminal was commissioned on June 26, 2025.
Seasoned writer and literary curator, Zainab Abdulrasaq is a factchecker for The FactCheckHub in an effort to combat information disorder. She can be reached on IG @blackbookishgirl or zabdulrasaq@icirnigeria.org
