In 2012 i wrote about survey plan scams and it went viral. 8 years later in 2020, the need to re-write about these kinds of scams are just as important as it was then for people to be aware of the dangers of being in possession of a very fraudulent survey plan since many crooked real estate companies are springing up everywhere more especially in Ibeju Lekki. For those who have not seen a survey plan and you want to differentiate between a genuine survey plan from a fake one, please read this article to learn a lot about survey plans and tricks on how to avoid being a victim of a Survey plan scam.
Being a personal victim of 3-4 horrible land purchases using dishonest and wicked surveyors in the past, I am using this medium to expose the lengths these terrible surveyors would go to lie, cheat and produce fake Survey plans that already have problems hereby leading to so many land purchase wahalas. Most of them parading themselves as Surveyors are Quacks and not licensed to practice. The..
Omonilelawyer was contacted by a young couple to assist them in recovering N6,000,000 paid to a popular real estate company for a piece of land in Ibeju Lekki who defrauded them. The young couple claimed a part of the money was given to them as a wedding gift by an uncle while the remaining was sourced through joint savings. Instead of lavishing the money on frivolities and luxuries, the couple agreed to invest the money in real estate as a way of securing their future.
Having heard several dreadful stories about Omoniles over the years, the newlyweds decided to purchase a land marketed by a real estate company as they believed it was much safer to buy from a real estate company than the ferocious Omoniles they have heard so much about.
The couple were asked to pay a down payment of One Million Naira ( N1,000,000) while the balance sum of Five Million Naira ( N5,000,000) was to be spread over a period of 12 months. The Real estate company promised to allocate a plot to them as soon a..
The most abused land scam gimmick today you hear from real estate companies, agents or marketers of land especially in Ibeju Lekki today is “EXCISION IN PROCESS”. They claim that their lands for sale are undergoing “Excision Processing” and the property already has a “FILE NUMBER” to hoodwink buyers to purchase their lands. Continuous usage of these words “EXCISION IN PROCESS” and “FILE NUMBER” are employed by these real estate agents or marketers to scam buyers and make purchasers feel very comfortable to buy their lands. Whether they say it innocently or negligently, it's still a scam and buyers should beware of this gimmick.
The truth is that buying an “EXCISION IN PROCESS” or has a “FILE NUMBER” land is just as good as pouring petrol on your hard saved millions and burning it if you are smoking weed. A property with its major title as “EXCISION IN PROCESS” and “FILE NUMBER” at the time of purchase to convince you to buy is not a good title and means absolutely nothing. To und..
As new generations come by, building a personal house will begin to lose relevance since most urban areas where most of us like to reside are already experiencing a shortage of land given the many real estate investors in existence. For instance, in Lagos, there are more completed buildings in the city waiting to be […]
Let me just drop this List here for you to ponder for 1 minute.
Nigerians are their own worst enemy. How can someone struggle to find a good property to buy without wahala, spend so much money to acquire the land from Agency fees to Survey plan fees and when its time to take possession of the land, the community now presents this Stupid ” OMO-ONILE FEES” to you? If you choose not to pay it, they would prevent you from working even if you bought the land for N100 Million.
To put Foundation on the land N200,000 To collect the Deed of Assignment as proof of purchase of the land and receiving your money N200,000 To fence the property as a precaution against Land Fraudsters N150,000 To put a structure on it with Decking N200,000 To Construct a Roof on the property N160,000 Community Money for coming into their Village to buy a land N100,000 Please, can somebody remind me how much is the land again? After struggling to find the money to buy the land, these long throat people would be waiti..
Property buyers especially in Lekki, Elegushi, Agungi, Ajah, the Eti-Osa Environs and parts of Ibeju Lekki should be very wary before buying a property that has a Governor’s Consent because most of these Governor's Consents have been questionably acquired at the land registry.
This is because falsified and forged survey plans have been presented by the Owners to the land registry to register. Due to the lax and porous process of obtaining a Governor’s consent at the land registry, dubious owners have perfected the art of presenting forged survey plans that are outside the original location of the land or outside the excision for confirmation.
These unscrupulous Owners employ very Deceitful surveyors that are fully aware the land has issues.
These land could either be a committed, outside the excision, outside the original location of the land by a wide margin, inside a very dangerous location or a location that would never be approved by the government.
The Owner of the land w..
