The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed offices of a facility management company at Peachville Estate in Abuja over alleged failure to comply with directives issued after residents challenged its service charges and management practices.
The enforcement team carried out the operation on Thursday, sealing the company's head office along Airport Road, behind King's Court, and its facility management office at Peachville Gardens, opposite the Games Village area.
The action followed complaints by the Peachville Estate Residents Association against Peachville Platinum Facility Management Limited over alleged compulsory service subscriptions, unjustified charges and inadequate provision of essential services.
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Residents had accused the company of making the use of its facility management services a condition for owning or occupying properties in the estate.
Their complaints also covered the supply of water and electricity, refuse disposal, security, internet facilities and general maintenance.
At the facility management office, the FCCPC team, led by Marvin Nadah, reportedly gave workers, including an employee identified as Farida, 15 minutes to vacate the premises before sealing the facility.
The officials also locked the gates leading to the affected section of the estate and directed workers at a construction site to leave before concluding the operation.
When approached for comments, Nadah said the commission's management would address journalists or issue an official statement on Friday.
The dispute dates back to August 8, 2024, when the FCCPC received a formal complaint from the residents' association.
Following engagements and mediation, the commission issued a compliance notice in August 2025, directing the company to stop practices it considered inconsistent with consumer protection and competition laws.
The commission specifically directed the facility manager to cease enforcing agreements that compelled residents and property allottees to subscribe to its services as a condition for owning or occupying properties in the estate.
It also ordered the company to stop allegedly coercive practices, including disconnecting services to residents who refused to use its facility management services.
The FCCPC further directed the company to provide the residents' association and affected property owners with a detailed breakdown of service charges imposed from August 2024, alongside explanations for the fees.
It also asked the company to recognise the residents' association as the representative body of the estate community on issues of collective interest and amend its service agreements 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 Act.
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