Police disown reported arrests in Luxury Prime Real Estate fraud allegations, Firm insists on ₦84m refund

The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed reports alleging that its operatives arrested staff of Luxury Prime Real Estate Nigeria Limited in connection with suspected multi-million-naira property fraud in Abuja.

The clarification came amid circulating claims that officers stormed the company’s office at No. 2 Potiskum Street, Area 1, Garki, Abuja, following petitions by aggrieved buyers who accused the firm of marketing non-existent houses with forged land documents.

Luxury Prime Real Estate, owned by Mr. Eze Samuel who reportedly shuttle between Nigeria and Kigali, Rwanda has also denied any wrongdoing. Instead, the company pointed to what it described as an exemplary gesture of customer care, citing the case of one client, Mr. Tunde Moshood.

According to documents made available to journalists, Moshood paid ₦80million in April 2025 for a parcel of land in Kaura District under an agreement that included the construction of a four-bedroom duplex. When the project failed to take off, he terminated the deal. The company said it refunded the ₦80million in full and added ₦4million compensation.

“Despite this full settlement, Mr. Moshood went online to publish damaging allegations about the company. For a firm that refunded its customer in full and even offered extra compensation, this development is unfair and misleading,” a spokesperson for Luxury Prime Real Estate said.

Reports had earlier alleged that two company staff — Kennedy Ogoina and Elizabeth Onah were detained over the matter, while senior officials including Emmanuel (Chief Operating Officer), Ikechukwu “Hyke” Otutubuike (Executive Director), and Winner Ignatius (Sales Executive) were declared wanted. The firm was also accused of attempting to sell plots of land belonging to the Nigerian Army in Asokoro.

However, the FCT Police Command distanced itself from the allegations. Police spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said the Command was not investigating the case and had not arrested any staff of the company.

“I don’t have knowledge of what you are talking about. We don’t involve ourselves in that kind of case, and the police did not arrest anyone,” Adeh said.