A buyer told the regulator they paid in full in August 2025 but never received the four-bedroom home. The FCCPC says it acted after Peachville Platinum Estate Limited failed to comply with a formal notice.
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed two Abuja offices of Peachville Platinum Estate Limited following a complaint over an unfinished ₦140 million duplex and the developer’s subsequent failure, according to the commission, to comply with a notice.
FCCPC officers sealed the company’s headquarters along Airport Road and its management office at Peachville Gardens, opposite Games Village. The property at the centre of the dispute is a four-bedroom detached duplex with boys’ quarters at Peach Ville Estate, Phase II, in Abuja’s Kukwaba District.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, FCCPC Director of Corporate Affairs Ondaje Ijagwu said the buyer reported paying the full purchase price in August 2025 after the developer promised to hand over the home once payment was complete. The buyer told the commission that the duplex remained unfinished and was never delivered.
The disputed handover date
Ijagwu said the commission heard from both parties. Peachville told investigators that the parties had agreed at a meeting at the Federal Capital Territory Administration to move the handover to August 2026. The FCCPC said the company supplied no documents to substantiate that account.
The commission convened further proceedings and asked Peachville for additional information. According to Ijagwu, the company’s responses did not resolve the issues raised, and its representatives declined to sign the witness statements needed to conclude the hearing.
The FCCPC said it issued a compliance notice on 17 August under Section 150 of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018. Peachville received the notice on 19 August, according to the commission, which attributed the sealing to the company’s failure to comply.
Tunji Bello, the FCCPC’s Executive Vice Chairman, said a home purchase represents years of savings for many households. He urged developers to honour agreed handover dates and, when delays arise, to explain them promptly and give buyers a realistic timetable.
A property delay can become a financing problem
For buyers, paying in full before handover can leave substantial capital tied up in a home they cannot occupy, let or readily resell. Where a household is also paying rent or servicing a loan, the cost of delay can extend well beyond the purchase price. A buyer’s ability to plan a move or earn rental income depends on a delivery date they can reasonably rely on.
For investors assessing a development, the gap between sales and completed handovers matters. Signed sales show that buyers committed money. Completed handovers show that a developer converted those commitments into usable homes. Construction progress, the funding needed to finish outstanding work and the developer’s record of meeting delivery dates can all change the assessment of a project’s risk.
The reputational risk can also spread beyond the disputed unit. Prospective buyers may ask for stronger evidence of completion before paying deposits, while lenders and partners may scrutinise the developer’s outstanding handover obligations. That scrutiny can make it harder to finance or sell the next phase.
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A handover date is part of the value a developer sells. It determines when a household can move, when an investor can earn rent and when capital committed to a property can start producing a return. When a date slips, a written record of the revised deadline, the work still outstanding and the parties’ agreement gives everyone a basis for planning and accountability.
The office closures are the enforcement step the FCCPC has reported. For the buyer, the practical question remains open. The commission’s account gives no timetable for completion, handover or any other resolution of the ₦140 million complaint.
