Like a scene in one of these dumb Nollywood movies which we never really expect it to happen in real life, I came across one of the most elaborate hoaxes to defraud a client. Mr Babatunde through his agents was able to locate a property he was desirous of purchasing at Alapere Ketu Lagos.
After inspecting the property the agent now told him that it was a safe property to buy because it had a C of O. Mr Babatunde then decided to contact me to conduct a background check on the property and C of O. My team swung into action and we discovered the following:
The C of O registered at the land registry Alausa was in the name of a Polycarp Ogbonna The C of O was issued in 1990 The picture on the C of O shows an Old man above 60 years The alleged owner of the property was a young man in his late twenties named Polycarp Ogbonna The Polycarp Ogbonna Jr claimed his own copy of the C of O was missing so he did an affidavit and police report to show it was missing. Polycarp Jr insisted that he had..
In the last 4 years, I have seen so many property buyers suffer the pains of being scammed by Land fraudsters. These land fraudsters have so many tricks up their sleeve to dupe innocent land purchasers ranging from showing the buyer other people’s lands that do not belong to them or presenting forged or fake title documents to deceive and coerce them into buying problematic lands.
With this in mind, Omonile Lawyer presents to you our Top 10 Unsafe Lands to buy. These lands have been carefully selected after a series of pain-staking background checks carried out by the Omonile Lawyer Team.
These lands represent some of the most awful locations, lands and deceitful residential estates offered for sale in Lagos State today that will surely guarantee you to lose your money and incur the wrath of the Lagos State Government for buying a Land that is not supposed to be sold to the public. They include the following:
1. IGBEKODO VILLAGE IBEJU LEKKI
Igbekodo is a very lovely place in Ibeju..
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..
Whenever I try to educate people about the hazards of buying land without conducting a verification, I get a lot of reproaches, accusations and unpleasant comments from people ( Mostly dubious individuals to be honest). Some go as far as saying am a harbinger of bad news or creating mere fictional stories to scare people. With this in mind, I have decided to reluctantly expose the foolishness of one client (Name withheld) for attempting to purchase land without going through due process to verify a land. I will also show you the result of purchasing that property.
The first thing that happened was that he called me to inquire about my Omonile lawyer land verification services and I told him everything we do, the cost for investigating the land and advise we give clients on whether to purchase the land or not. The moment he heard the cost of the search as N70,000 he began to criticize me of trying to extort him and offered to pay less for the search. I politely refused to reduce the fe..
There are so many lovely properties out there for sale from N10 Million upwards to accommodate every wallet size but just like Omo-onile lands, I am beginning to see a proliferation of fraudulent property developers building dubious houses for sale. This issue has caused so many tears to many first time home buyers who did not conduct a proper property verification before they bought those duplicitous houses.
Personally, I prefer people buying built-up properties (if they can afford it) instead of looking for land properties to buy. The concerns associated with buying a piece of land in Lagos today are too stressful and problematic. Its either you are worried about one low-life scammer plotting on how to dupe you by offering you a dubious land for sale or the endless Omo-onile wahalas associated with buying a family-owned land. If you have the money, please don’t waste your time looking for land to buy. Save yourself the hassle and purchase a property. You can renovate it to your stan..
