In early 2024, Adaeze Nwosu was a secondary school administrator working in Wuse, Abuja. She had watched the property market for three years, close enough to understand the opportunity but never able to act on it. The reason was simple: she could not afford to buy outright.
When De Velli introduced its 3-month instalment structure for land in one of its Abuja FCT corridors, Adaeze made her move. She paid the initial 40%, ₦5.2 million, and spread the remaining ₦7.8 million over the next three months. Total investment: ₦13 million.
"I kept thinking, let me save until I can pay everything at once," she said. "But prices were moving every time I checked. I finally realised that waiting to be ready was costing me more than the instalments ever would."
She did not build on the land. She held it. Paid the land use charges. Kept her documentation in order. Two years later, in mid-2026, the same plot type in the same corridor is trading at values more than 60% above what Adaeze paid, a direct result of the N16 interchange completion, rising developer activity, and the FCTA infrastructure programme landing exactly where her plot sits.
