By Progress Godfrey

ABUJA – The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed off The Paradise Estate in Abuja over alleged failure to deliver houses fully paid for by buyers.

Speaking to newsmen, Deputy Director, Surveillance and Investigation Department at the FCCPC, Marvin Nadah, who led the operation on Thursday, said the enforcement followed complaints from subscribers who paid for properties for over three years without getting value. The exercise covered two locations in Life Camp and another in Katampe Extension.

Nadah said the commission received multiple complaints against the firm and carried out due process before taking action. He added that a compliance notice was served on February 24, 2026, giving the developer seven days to comply, but it failed to do so.

He said the commission had directed the company to hand over the properties after investigations and redress efforts, noting that the failure to comply with that directive triggered enforcement under the law.

“Failure to comply with the notices that we had given, in line with section 150 of the FCCPA 2018, is why we are here to carry out an enforcement exercise, which is to seal,” he said.

The commission added that complaints in the real estate sector remain numerous and under review, stressing that, “the commission is there to receive complaints of unfair act by any company against consumers.”

The FCCPC added that government cannot sit by and watch consumers exploited or misled in any manner. It therefore urged consumers to verify claims by developers before committing funds.