Land
By Angela Atabo
Subscribers to Valington Premium City Estate in Idu, Abuja, have appealed to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and different related authorities to intervene in a land dispute involving the property and Cityview Landmark Corporate Realty (LCR).
The subscribers made the enchantment throughout a peaceable rally in Abuja on Saturday, demanding refunds or various plots with verifiable titles after investing tens of millions of naira in properties whose possession standing they stated remained unsure.
They known as on the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) and different related companies to research the dispute, set up the possession standing of the land and defend affected subscribers from monetary losses.
One of the subscribers, Nkume Efe, stated she subscribed to the property in 2023 and bought an extra plot in 2024, however turned involved about her funding when points surrounding the land emerged in November 2025.
Efe stated that regardless of a number of conferences with the property promoters, she had been unable to achieve entry to her property or acquire a passable decision to the dispute.
She alleged that the promoters had did not take accountability for the state of affairs and have been unwilling to barter with LCR or refund affected subscribers.
“They have refused to be held accountable. They do not want to negotiate with Cityview, even if they had lied to us in the past that they were negotiating with them,” she stated.
Efe added that the subscribers had misplaced confidence within the assurances given by the promoters, saying their incapability to recuperate their cash or take possession of their properties had pressured them to stage the peaceable protest.
“They also do not want to refund. So that is why we are holding this peaceful protest to demand refund,” she stated.
Efe alleged that the subscribers subsequently found that LCR, which owns Cityview Estate, claimed to own a Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) masking the disputed land, elevating additional questions concerning the validity of their very own property transactions.
She stated the state of affairs turned extra troubling after the perimeter fence across the property was demolished and officers of the FCT Department of Development Control reportedly marked some buildings for demolition.
Efe defined that the event heightened issues amongst subscribers, significantly after they learnt {that a} courtroom case had been instituted over the disputed land.
She additional alleged that the promoters had inspired subscribers to proceed work on the location regardless of the possession controversy, whereas assuring them that the matter was being dealt with by authorized channels.
Another subscriber, Nkiru Madiebo, a businesswoman, stated she paid N5.7 million in two instalments for a plot within the property with out figuring out that the land was topic to competing possession claims.
Madiebo stated she had but to be proven the particular plot allotted to her, including that repeated makes an attempt to contact the promoters and safe a refund had proved unsuccessful.
She stated the expertise had undermined her confidence within the firm’s assurances, stressing that subscribers wanted concrete proof of possession and a transparent decision fairly than additional guarantees.
Similarly, Gbenga Adewumi, a businessman, stated he paid N2.21 million for a plot in July 2023 with the intention of constructing a household residence.
Adewumi stated he solely turned conscious of the dispute in 2026 and had since been unable to acquire a refund or a passable decision regardless of efforts to contact the promoters and strategy the FCDA.
He appealed to Wike, the FCDA and different related authorities to research the matter, set up the details surrounding the competing land claims and forestall subscribers from shedding their investments.
Another subscriber, Chuks Henry, alleged that the land had been marketed to patrons with out satisfactory disclosure of its possession standing, leaving unsuspecting subscribers uncovered to monetary uncertainty.
Henry known as on the federal government to conduct an intensive investigation and be certain that anybody discovered culpable was held accountable in accordance with the legislation.
Also talking, Tendot Ekwe stated the affected subscribers included retirees, widows, younger {couples}, employees and Nigerians dwelling overseas who had dedicated their financial savings to buying properties within the property.
Ekwe alleged that subscribers had been knowledgeable that the land was accredited by the FCDA however later encountered questions regarding the validity of the title and the possession of the disputed property.
He stated subscribers have been significantly involved a few constructing approval reportedly introduced to them, which he alleged was issued to Grandserve and Civic fairly than the corporate that marketed the plots.
Ekwe harassed that constructing approval shouldn’t be confused with proof of land possession, urging the promoters to supply the related title paperwork and clarify the roles of the totally different corporations concerned within the transactions.
The subscribers urged the FCDA to make clear the authorized standing of the land and clarify the explanations for the markings reportedly positioned on buildings inside the property, saying an official clarification would assist them perceive the state of affairs and decide their subsequent steps.
Responding to the allegations, Dr Valentine Abiji of Valington Homes and Properties Ltd., maintained that the property was real and that the corporate possessed the mandatory authorities approvals to develop the property.
Abiji stated the federal government had allotted the land to the corporate and that the mandatory approval to begin improvement had been obtained, dismissing recommendations that the corporate lacked legitimate documentation.
He defined that the dispute arose after one other land allocation allegedly overlapped with the corporate’s property, including that the matter was being dealt with by the judicial course of.
He insisted that the corporate’s approvals remained legitimate and guaranteed subscribers that they might ultimately obtain their properties, sustaining that the dispute didn’t invalidate the corporate’s claims to the land.(NAN) www.nannews.ng
Edited by Deji Abdulwahab
