The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed off parts of Peachville Estate in Abuja, including its facility management offices, over alleged defiance of a 2025 order directing the management to stop practices considered detrimental to residents.
The commission’s enforcement team, led by Marvin Nadah, on Thursday sealed the company’s head office along Airport Road, behind King’s Court, following complaints by residents over the management’s alleged failure to address consumer-related concerns.
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The team also sealed the management office at Peachville Gardens, opposite the Games Village area of Abuja, following what residents described as persistent problems with water supply, electricity, refuse disposal, the physical environment and general maintenance of the estate.
At the facility management office, FCCPC officials gave staff members, including an employee identified as Farida, 15 minutes to vacate the premises before sealing the facility.
All gates leading to the affected section of the estate were locked and sealed, while workers at a construction site were directed to leave before the enforcement team completed the operation.
When approached by LEADERSHIP for details of the exercise, the team leader, Nadah, said the commission’s management would issue an official statement on the operation on Friday.
The dispute between Peachville Platinum Facility Management (PPFM) Limited and residents of Peachville Estate dates back to 2024, when the FCCPC received a formal complaint from the Peachville Estate Residents Association (PERA).
The complaint, received on August 8, 2024, accused the facility management company of allegedly making subscription to its services compulsory for residents as a condition for owning or occupying properties within the estate.
Residents also alleged that the company imposed unjustified service charges and failed to provide satisfactory essential services, including electricity, water, security and internet connectivity.
Following engagements and mediation between the parties, the FCCPC issued a compliance notice in August 2025, directing the company to discontinue practices it considered inconsistent with consumer protection and competition laws.
In a media report published on August 21, 2025, the commission was quoted as directing Peachville Platinum Facility Management to cease and desist from enforcing agreements compelling residents or allottees to subscribe to its services as a condition for property ownership or occupancy.
The commission also ordered the company to stop coercive practices, including disconnecting services to residents who declined to engage its facility management services.
It further directed the company to provide PERA and affected residents with a comprehensive breakdown of all service charges imposed from August 2024, including explanations for the basis of the charges.
The FCCPC also directed the company to recognise PERA as the representative body of the estate community on matters of collective interest and amend its service engagement arrangements to comply with the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act, 2018.
The company and its executive director were given seven business days from receipt of the notice to comply.
The commission warned that failure to comply would attract further enforcement measures under Section 150(4) of the FCCPA.
However, investigations by LEADERSHIP indicate that, beyond the alleged failure to comply with the 2025 order, the FCCPC may have received fresh petitions from residents over what they described as continued questionable practices by the estate management.
Sources told LEADERSHIP that the latest petitions raised concerns about poor facility management, unsatisfactory service delivery and the company’s relationship with the residents’ association.
The enforcement action also comes amid a pending petition to the FCT Commissioner of Police over allegations of trespass involving the estate management.
A petition submitted by the law firm of Raphael Adakole & Co., and obtained by LEADERSHIP, accused Peachville Platinum and some of its officials of “criminal trespass, theft, mischief and criminal conspiracy.”