FCCPC seals Peachville Estate Offices in Abuja over alleged defiance of order

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed parts of Peachville Estate in Abuja, including its facility management office, over alleged non-compliance with a 2025 directive ordering the management to discontinue practices considered unfair to residents.

The commission’s enforcement team, led by Marvin Nadah, carried out the operation on Thursday, sealing the company’s head office along Airport Road, behind King’s Court, as well as its management office at Peachville Gardens, opposite the Games Village area of Abuja.

The enforcement action followed complaints by residents over water supply, electricity, refuse disposal, the state of the estate’s environment and general maintenance.

At the management office, FCCPC officials reportedly gave staff members, including an employee identified as Farida, 15 minutes to vacate the premises before sealing the facility.

The officials also locked and sealed all gates leading to the affected section of the estate, while workers at a construction site were directed to leave before the operation was completed.

When approached by our correspondent for details of the exercise, the team leader, Nadah, said the commission’s management would address journalists or issue an official statement 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 raised concerns over what they described as unjustified service charges and poor provision of essential facilities, including electricity, water, security and internet services.

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 that compelled 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 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 the receipt of the notice to comply.

The commission warned that failure to comply could attract further enforcement measures under Section 150(4) of the FCCPA.

However, investigations by our correspondent indicate that, beyond the alleged failure to comply with the 2025 directive, the FCCPC may have received fresh petitions from residents over what they described as continued poor facility management, unsatisfactory service delivery and strained relations between the management and the residents’ association.

Sources told our correspondent that the latest complaints centred on the state of facilities in the estate, the quality of services provided and the management’s relationship with PERA.

The development 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 seen by our correspondent, accused Peachville Platinum and some of its officials of alleged “criminal trespass, theft, mischief and criminal conspiracy.”

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