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Have you ever experienced buying a land, fencing it, padlocking it and traveling only to come back to see that your land has been resold to new people now occupying it? Read this case
DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND AREA IN DISPUTE:
All that piece and parcel of land at 46A AND 46B YETUNDE BROWN STREET IFAKO GBAGADA LAGOS MEASURING 1433.345 SQUARE METERSNAME(S) OF THE PARTIES TO THE SUIT:
Alhaji Adigun Kareem (CLAIMANT ) V Unknown Persons (DEFENDANTS)
DATE THE SUIT WAS FILED: 14TH of May 2013 COURT THE CASE WAS FILED: IKEJA HIGH COURT JUDICIAL DIVISIONBRIEF SUMMARY OF THE FACTS OF THE CASE FILED:
The Statement of claim alleges that the Claimant bought the above named land situated at 46A AND 46B YETUNDE BROWN STREET IFAKO GBAGADA LAGOS MEASURING 1433.345SQUARE METERS from the Akerele Family in Ifako Gbagada and perfected his documents hereby procuring a a Certificate of Occupancy registered as Number 35A of 35A in Volume 2011 dated 27/1/2012 and built a face with a gate to protect it from usurpers . He later traveled out of the country for 2 years with the hope of coming back to finish building on it only to returning back home to find out that his land has been encroached upon by unknown trespassers. He further states that the Omoniles have taken over his land by reselling it to another group of Unknown persons who had since changed the padlock on his gate and were seen digging foundation on his land. He further claims that he had been denied access to build on his land peacefully because of the new encroachers whom the Omoniles resold his land to and he has gone to court to get a restraining order against them.OMONILE LAWYER FINAL THOUGHTS ON THIS LAND DISPUTE:
Thousands of Nigerians that have bought land in Lagos are well conversant with this experience the claimant is complaining about in his suit filed against these faceless trespassers of land.The question is how do you secure a land you have just bought and travel in peace for one year or two with the hope of meeting your land the way you left it. This is a very difficult problem Land owners face because these Omoniles are always patrolling the areas to see if a land is vacant or unattended to with no occupier even if you have built a fence and put a gate there to secure it. The best advice i can give someone here who has bought a land and has fenced it and wont be in the country for a while is to get a security guard to stay inside and watch over the place while you put sand and gravel in the middle and you write across the fences ' NOT FOR SALE" and the names of the contact address to get in touch with in case any prospective buyer who isn't aware that the land has been sold intends to buy the land under a fraudulent misrepresentation by the Omoniles.
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The Baffling Court Case of an Expertly Forged Land Deed of Assignment
DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND AREA IN DISPUTE:
All that Acres of Land at CANAA WALK MENDE VILLAGE ONIGBONGBO IKEJA IKEJA LAGOS.NAME(S) OF THE PARTIES TO THE SUIT:
Oba Nle Aro Trading Co Limited
Pastor (Dr.) Ademola Wemimo Odunaiya ( Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Pastor Idris Adelaja Odunaiya ( Deceased)
Elder Wale Odunaiya ( For himself and on behalf of the Executors of the last Will of Solomon Adefolabi Odunaiya ( Deceased)
(CLAIMANTS)
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Ernest Ndukwe
Persons Unknown
(DEFENDANTS)
DATE THE SUIT WAS FILED: 23rd of April 2013 COURT THE CASE WAS FILED: IKEJA HIGH COURT JUDICIAL DIVISIONBRIEF SUMMARY OF THE FACTS OF THE CASE FILED:
The Statement of claim alleges that the Claimants bought Acres of Land from the Oyetoro family of Onigbongbo in 1974 and they obtained certificates of occupancy to secure the lands after the sale. They took possession of the lands by clearing the lands and sand filling it and had no problems there until 2007 when they discovered people had been tressapssing on the lands. When the Defendants where challenged, they claimed to have bought the lands from the Oyetoro family and the first defendant claimed that he specifically bought his own land from the First claimant the said " Oba Nle Aro Trading Co Limited" who executed a deed of assignment for him and he further used that deed of assignment to perfect his documents with the government. The Claimants now claim that the deed of Assignment executed in favour of the 1st Defendant was a monumental fraud and that Oba Nle Aro Trading Co Limited did not excute a deed of assignment to him neither did the board of directors pass any resolution to sell to the 1st defendant the land in dispute.OMONILE LAWYER FINAL THOUGHTS ON THIS LAND DISPUTE:
This is just baffling to put it mildly. If Oba Nle Aro Trading Co Limited say they did not execute a Deed of Assignment to the First Defendant, how then did the First Defendant get a Deed of Assignment from Oba Nle Aro Trading Co Limited? The basic rules of land transfer from a company to an individual states that there must be a company resolution to sell a property and it must be signed by a Director or Directors and the Company Secretary. How then did the first defendant get the executed deed of assignment from Oba Nle Aro Trading Co Limited when the Directors whose names have been bandied about are not connected to Oba Nle Aro Trading Co Limited?
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Fashola Revokes Governor’s Consent On Lekki Lands Obtained By Fraud
CAN A SURVEY PLAN MAKE OR MAR YOUR PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS?
Well, the answer to this question is not farfetched..On 11th February, 2013 in Guardian newspapers, the Lagos State Government issued a notice of cancellation of Governor’s Consent for two properties located at Eputu village in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area.
The cancellation published and signed by Governor Babatunde Fashola was in respect of deed of assignment between Orudu family and Fresh Field Farm Limited as well as between Eletu Family and Fresh Field Farm Limited.
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The Curious Case of Disputed Lands in court at Amuwo Odofin that so many people are laying claim to its ownership
DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND AREA IN DISPUTE:
All that piece and parcel of land at OGUNDAIRO BASHORUN AND SUNMONU AKANO LANDS AT AMUWO ODOFIN in Amuwo Odofin Local Government.NAME(S) OF THE PARTIES TO THE SUIT:
Theophilus Ikechukwu Belonwu
Mr. Steve Ilodibe
Mrs.Sylvia Ilodibe
(CLAIMANTS)
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Tony Cynthia Estates Ltd
Mr. Lewis Anokwu
(DEFENDANTS)
DATE THE SUIT WAS FILED: 20TH of March 2013 COURT THE CASE WAS FILED: IKEJA HIGH COURT JUDICIAL DIVISIONBRIEF SUMMARY OF THE FACTS OF THE CASE FILED:
The Statement of claim alleges that the “defendants misrepresented to the claimants a false and pretended deed of assignment of the following properties in the OGUNDAIRO BASHORUN AND SUNMONU AKANO FAMILY LANDS AT AMUWO ODOFIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LAGOS STATE” The first Claimant alleges that sometime in 2005 he was sold a piece of land by the defendant measuring approximately 1023.534 square meters for N1.5Million and another land measuring approximately 1953.036 square meters for N2Million while the second Claimants jointly also alleged that sometime in 2005 they were sold a piece of land by the defendant measuring approximately 3417.094 square meters for N3Million. The Claimants further claimed that after they erected a fence to take possession of the property they bought from the defendants, they were now bombarded by a plethora of lawsuit with respect to that particular land from different quarters such as the Lagos State Government and the Chairman of the Ifelodun local government and while that case was still going on. Another set of people and companies in 2009 also contested ownership of that same land in dispute against the claimants and in 2010 again another set of people contested ownership of this same land and brought concrete evidence that the land belongs to them by virtue of a Certificate of Occupancy granted to them by the Lagos state government in 1977.
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Gehn Gehn see Film! Ikorodu Community drags Chevron to court for allegedly taking their lands without Authorization
DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND AREA IN DISPUTE:
All that Acres of land Situate at ILABA IN AGURA TOWN IKORODU LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAGOS MEASURING 366.674 ACRESNAME(S) OF THE PARTIES TO THE SUIT:
Alhaji Salawudeen Sholenu
Chief Rasaki Kasali
Olaniran Efuntadebo
Chief Ganiyu Kuye ( For and on behalf of Orefodu and Elese Families of Agura town within Ikorodu local Government)
(CLAIMANTS)
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Chevron Oil Nigeria ltd
(DEFENDANTS)
DATE THE SUIT WAS FILED: 6th of May 2013 COURT THE CASE WAS FILED: IKEJA HIGH COURT JUDICIAL DIVISIONBRIEF SUMMARY OF THE FACTS OF THE CASE FILED:
The Statement of claim allegedly filed by the claimants state that they are the owners of all that land Situate at ILABA IN AGURA TOWN IKORODU LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAGOS based on their Ancestral proof of ownership of land and they have exercised peaceful ownership of that land for years without any hinderance until they recently noticedthe Defendant move into their lands and occupy over 300 acres of their family land without giving them any explanation. The Claimants state they have tried to get to get in touch with the Defendant to sort out the issues but the Defendants have ignored all their overtures and have continued to trespass their lands hence filing this law suit. They claim they have not given anyone in their community the right to sell their lands on their behalf and the lands were forcefully obtained from them.