The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has sealed off Paradise Estate in Life Camp Extension, Abuja, over alleged violations of consumer rights.
The enforcement action followed multiple complaints from buyers who reportedly paid in full for housing units that were not delivered.
The Commission said the developer’s continued failure to respond to regulatory directives triggered its intervention.
What the commission is saying
According to the FCCPC, several complaints had been lodged against the estate, but management failed to comply with repeated summons and engagement efforts.
The agency stated that the developer was given a seven-day window to respond to an official summons, but did not honour the request.
Speaking on the development, the FCCPC’s Deputy Director of Surveillance, Marvin Nadah, said the Commission acted after exhausting all administrative options.
The Commission maintained that its actions were lawful and necessary to protect consumers from unfair practices.
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In response, the Head of Legal at Paradise Homes, Aloysius Ezenwa, argued that the transactions were governed by a “Contract of Sale” and described the dispute as a contractual matter.
The company also expressed dissatisfaction with the sealing, stating that the issue should be resolved through appropriate legal channels.
However, the FCCPC insisted that it had not been served with any court order restraining its actions and proceeded with the enforcement.
What you should know
Nairametrics previously reported that the Commission has sealed multiple facilities over similar complaints, including the TLSContact visa application centre in Abuja, over alleged obstruction of investigation and failure to address consumer complaints.
In another case, the FCCPC sealed the headquarters of Ikeja Electric in Lagos over consumer rights violations. IKEDC Head of Corporate Communications, Mr. Kingsley Okotie, said the issue is based on an isolated case of a customer demanding multiple meters.
He noted that effecting this change is not an easy process.
- “The non-compliance issue being referred to is about a customer using his property as a hotel with a single maximum demand meter and later converted the property to residential, with a demand for 20 non-maximum meters on the same address,” he explained.
The Commission inaugurated a Joint Market Monitoring Taskforce in Abuja, empowering it to seal shops, warehouses, and outlets found to be selling unsafe or substandard products, as part of efforts to strengthen market oversight.
They raided Utako Market in Abuja, sealing several shops over the alleged buying and selling of local rice re-bagged as foreign brands by market cartels. The operation was carried out with the support of police officers and other security operatives
