By ANGELA ATABO

Tulwu Integrated Ltd has dismissed as false the claims by the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) that the company illegally encroached on FHA land measuring about 6,000 square metres along 5th Avenue, 52 Road, Gwarinpa Estate, Abuja.

Muhammad Lawan, Personal Assistant to the Managing Director/CEO, Tulwu Integrated Ltd. in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, described the allegations as untrue.

Lawan, who was reacting to a press statement titled “Demolition at Gwarinpa Estate: The True Position”, released by the FHA on Dec. 19, 2025, insisted that records in the custody of the FHA clearly contradict the Authority’s position.

The FHA had earlier in its publication alleged that it initially allocated 16,000 square metres of land to Savannah Suites Ltd, which later assigned the property to Tulwu Integrated Properties Ltd, and that the company, through its Managing Director, Hajiya Sadiya, encroached on an additional 6,000 square metres, bringing the total to 22,000 square metres.

According to FHA, the true position is that one Hajiya Sadiya through land grabbing had illegally encroached on the property of FHA situated along 5th Avenue, 52 road, Gwarinpa Estate Abuja, to the tune of about 6000sq meters.

It added that it had initially allocated a parcel of land to one Savannah Suites Ltd measuring about 16,000sq meters. Savannah Suites in return assigned the same property to Tulwu Integrated Properties Ltd. However, Hajiya Sadiya through her Tulwu Integrated Properties Ltd. encroached on an extra 6000sq meters, thereby claiming the land to be 22,000sq meters.

However, Tulwu Integrated Ltd. described these assertions as defamatory and misleading, stressing that its Managing Director had no involvement in land grabbing or any form of illegal encroachment.

The company also denied claims suggesting that a pregnant woman attacked armed police officers, noting that available photographs and videos contradict such narratives.

It stated that it had initially refrained from responding to the allegations, despite the fact that they conflicted with several years of FHA documents and correspondences acknowledging the company’s lawful possession of approximately 22,000 square metres of land.

The firm said it was compelled to speak out to correct the record and counter what it described as attempts to justify an illegal demolition and the alleged assault on its Managing Director by armed policemen in public view.

It further rejected claims that Savannah Suites Ltd had transferred only 16,000 square metres to it, or that it resorted to threats and boasted of political connections.

According to Tulwu Integrated Ltd, no genuine effort was ever made by the FHA to resolve the matter, as there was, in its view, no dispute if the Authority’s own records, files, and institutional memory were properly consulted.

It maintained that its Managing Director was merely invited to the FHA office, where she stood by the truth and relied on documented evidence. (NAN)