Pecohub Social media activist Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has accused Abuja-based real estate firm Livebridge Properties and its chief executive, Obinna Nwaneri, of selling land without government allocation or approval.
The allegations spread on X in recent days after a video showed Otse with a group described as aggrieved Livebridge subscribers. Several of them held up documents at a residential compound in Abuja.
In the video, Otse displays a promotional flyer for Livebridge Metro City Idu. What appears to be the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) logo on the flyer is circled in red.
The flyer lists housing units priced from ₦16 million to ₦27 million, payable outright or in instalments, and carries an end date of February 14, 2026.
According to Abuja-focused platform AbujaOnPoint, subscribers allegedly paid between ₦2.5 million and ₦10 million for plots marketed with reference to the FCDA.
The platform claimed that the FCDA’s Department of Development Control confirmed the land was never allocated to Nwaneri. It added that no approvals were issued for the project.
Pecohub reports that buildings put up by some subscribers have been demolished.
Livebridge Properties and Investment Limited is led by its group managing director and chief executive, Dr Nwaneri Obinna Flaker, according to earlier Leadership newspaper reports. The company has publicised community outreach in the FCT, including free medical care for internally displaced persons and people living with disabilities.
At an end-of-year event in Abuja, Flaker unveiled the Livebridge Care Foundation to formalise that outreach. He also said the firm was playing a significant role in tackling Nigeria’s housing deficit.
The allegations come amid sustained FCT Administration enforcement against developments that breach the Abuja Master Plan.
The FCTA’s Department of Development Control has previously demolished estates near the Idu Train Station over land parcelled out without government approval. Its director, Mukhtar Galadima, warned residents against buying land advertised on social media without checking with the relevant authorities.
In October 2025, the department demolished an estate of 11 storey buildings in Apo-Dutse after declining the developer’s building plan. Galadima said estates without development approval would not qualify for compensation, and that the FCTA was considering prosecuting the developers.
Otse is known for public call-outs of individuals and organisations on social media. He has also previously spoken against demolitions in the FCT.
