Firm Raises The Alarm Over Planned Encroachment On Gwarimpa Land

Tulwu Integrated Ltd has raised a fresh alarm over an alleged planned encroachment of the Gwarimpa land by unknown persons despite an ongoing court case against the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) and AIBEN Properties Ltd over the property.

Last week, an FCT High Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja, headed by Justice M.A. Madugu, reserved judgment on an application to amend processes filed by the developer against FHA and AIBEN.

Justice Madugu announced this after taking the claimant’s application to amend the processes in a Suit No: FCT/HC/BW/CV/227/25.

The fresh alarm was raised yesterday in a statement signed by the executive assistant to the MD/CEO of the company, Muhammad Lawal.

He said a week after the FCT Court reserved judgment on the dispute, some unknown persons inside posh SUVs stormed the disputed land in Gwarimpa and started taking photographs and measurements of the land.

“On Monday, 20 July 2026, exactly a week after the Honourable FCT High Court, sitting in Bwari, Abuja, reserved judgment on the case, some unknown people stormed the disputed land.

They took about 15-20 minutes inside the land, taking measurements and photographs,” the statement said.

He said it was not clear where these people came from or who they represented, because they refused to provide any form of identification to the people overseeing the land when requested.

“We found this very disturbing, particularly bearing in mind our recent experiences when demolitions and excavations were illegally carried out on two different occasions by the agents of the defendants in the pending dispute despite a substantive court order to maintain the status quo,” he said.

Mr Lawan said, “We found it very expedient as law-abiding citizens to draw the attention of the public to this development. We don’t know their plans or who sent them. We are law-abiding citizens. We believe that the courts are the sanctuary of the weak and the oppressed.”

On 6 January 2026, the court issued an order restraining the FHA and AIBEN Properties Ltd from encroaching on the Gwarimpa property.

Tulwu Integrated Ltd dragged the first defendant (AIBEN Properties Ltd) and the second defendant (FHA) to court over their alleged encroachment on its property located along 5th Avenue, 52 Road, Gwarimpa II Estate, Abuja.

The case started when AIBEN Properties Ltd encroached on Tulwu Integrated Ltd’s land in Gwarimpa and carved out about 6,000 square metres, allegedly with the backing of FHA officials.

After the alleged encroachment and demolition of parts of the land’s fence by FHA and AIBEN, the company rushed to the FCT High Court and obtained an order on 1 July 2025, restraining the defendants from further encroachment.

Despite the court order, on 15 December 2025, armed police officers, accompanied by FHA officials, went to the land and demolished its fence again, during which the company’s pregnant managing director was allegedly assaulted.

Shortly after the demolition, the rival developer moved equipment onto the land at night and commenced excavation, prompting it to seek further court injunctions.

While the FHA claims the original allocation was 16,000 square metres, with an alleged illegal encroachment of an additional 6,000 square metres, Tulwu Integrated Ltd insists that official documents clearly show the land measures about 22,000 square metres after survey.

According to the company, the land was initially allocated by the FHA to Savannah Suites & Restaurant Ltd and later assigned to Tulwu Integrated Ltd via a consent letter dated 13 March 2013. It added that subsequent surveys and FHA approvals revised the land area to over 22,000 square metres.

“The allocation letter itself stated that the land size was subject to survey, and after survey, the area was clearly stated as over 20,000 square metres,” the company said.

Tulwu Integrated Ltd also cited a Change of Use approval issued by the FHA in July 2023, which, it said, expressly recognised the land size as 22,017.233 square metres.

The company said that since acquiring the land in 2013, all official correspondence, billings, and receipts from the FHA have consistently reflected the 22,000 square metres of land.

The company said that since acquiring the land in 2013, all official correspondence, billings and receipts from the FHA consistently reflected the larger land size.

In May 2025, the company said it applied for development approval, submitting architectural and engineering designs, which were vetted and approved by relevant FHA departments. However, it alleged that the FHA failed to issue the bill required for payment to commence development.