The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed parts of Peachville Estate in Abuja, including its facility management office, over alleged failure to comply with a 2025 directive aimed at ending practices considered inconsistent with consumer protection and competition laws.
Gatekeepers News reports that the enforcement operation was carried out by an FCCPC team led by Marvin Nadah, which sealed the company’s head office along Airport Road, behind King’s Court, as well as its facility management office at Peachville Gardens, opposite the Games Village area of Abuja.
The action followed complaints by residents over alleged poor management of essential services, including water supply, electricity, refuse disposal, security and general maintenance of the estate.
At the facility management office, FCCPC officials reportedly gave employees, including a staff member identified as Farida, 15 minutes to vacate the premises before sealing the facility.
The enforcement team also locked and sealed all gates leading to the affected section of the estate, while workers at a construction site were instructed to leave before the operation was concluded.
When approached for details of the exercise, Nadah said the commission’s management would address journalists or issue an official statement on the operation on Friday.
Background to the Dispute
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, submitted on August 8, 2024, accused the facility management company of allegedly compelling residents to subscribe to its services as a condition for owning or occupying properties within the estate.
Residents also challenged what they described as unjustified service charges and inadequate provision of essential amenities, including electricity, water, security and internet facilities.
Following engagements and mediation between the parties, the FCCPC issued a compliance notice in August 2025, directing the company to discontinue practices considered inconsistent with consumer protection and competition laws.
Under the directive, Peachville Platinum Facility Management was ordered to cease and desist from enforcing agreements that required residents or property allottees to subscribe to its services as a condition for property ownership or occupancy.
The commission also directed the company to stop coercive practices, including disconnecting services to residents who declined to engage its facility management services.
Additionally, the company was instructed to provide PERA and affected residents with a comprehensive breakdown of all service charges imposed from August 2024, alongside explanations of the basis for the charges.
The FCCPC further 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, with the commission warning that failure to do so would attract further enforcement measures under Section 150(4) of the Act.
The latest sealing operation followed the alleged failure to comply with the commission’s directive.
