Tension is escalating in Blue Fountain Estate, also known as EFAB Metropolis Estate in Karsana, Abuja, as residents under the umbrella of the Blue Fountain Estate Homeowners and Residents Association (BFEHORA) have declared a state of emergency, citing alleged regulatory violations, financial mismanagement, and growing security threats by the estate’s developer.
Residents and landlords under the aegis of the Blue
Fountain Estate Homeowners and Residents Association (BFEHORA) made this known
in a press statement made available to newsmen that its relationship with Blue
Fountain Properties Ltd (BFPL), an affiliate of EFAB Properties Limited, has
broken down completely. The association accused the developer of operating
outside the law while ignoring contractual obligations under the FCT Mass
Housing Scheme and the estate’s Facility Management Agreement.
According to the association,
the developer has allegedly sponsored an unauthorised group to undermine the
residents’ association in what it described as a deliberate attempt to evade
accountability for facility fees collected over more than a decade. The
association insisted it remains the only lawful representative of homeowners
and warned that inviting illegitimate groups into estate governance has
deepened instability and eroded order within the community.
In a desperate bid to evade accountability, BFPL is actively sponsoring a rogue, illegitimate group to destabilise the Estate. By inviting this unauthorised group to official meetings, BFPL is in direct violation of the Facility Management Agreement, which legally recognises BFEHORA as the only representative body of homeowners and residents. This is a "divide-and-conquer" tactic designed to weaponise disunity and distract from the developer’s failure to account for over a decade of facility fee collections.” The association stated
Residents further
alleged that the financial management of the estate has been shrouded in
secrecy, with facility fees paid into an account domiciled at First Generation
Mortgage Bank, an institution reportedly linked to the developer’s leadership.
They claimed the account is improperly treated as the developer’s private
revenue, while residents have been denied their contractual co-signatory
rights. Despite reportedly collecting billions of naira since 2016, the association stated that no audited financial statement has ever been presented, even
as infrastructure and basic services within the estate continue to deteriorate.
The situation has been compounded by allegations
that land originally designated for public infrastructure, including parks,
hospitals, schools and a fire station, was illegally converted and sold as
residential plots. Residents warned that the distortion of the estate’s master
plan has left nearly 2,000 housing units without essential social and emergency
facilities, exposing the community to avoidable risks.
We would like to alert the FCT Department of Development Control that BFPL has engaged in the illegal conversion of designated public infrastructure. Areas explicitly marketed and approved for Recreational Parks, Hospitals, Fire Stations, and Schools have been carved up and sold as residential plots for profit. This distortion of the master plan has left a community of approximately 2,000 housing units without essential and emergency services.” They added
At the time of filing this report, we have not recieved any response from the company to the allegations.
The association has called on the Minister of the
Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike, as well as the Federal
Capital Development Authority, the Nigeria Police and the Department of State
Services, to urgently intervene. It is demanding a forensic audit of all
facility fee accounts, the restoration of lawful estate governance, the
delivery of promised infrastructure, and the immediate transfer of facilities
management to the residents.
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