A Fake Real Estate Developer, has reportedly absconded with ₦ 61Million belonging to a prospective buyer of land who sold the land to her under false pretenses.   Chijioke Ibekwe, who claimed to be a developer, allegedly collected ₦ 61 Million Naira from her on the pretext of selling a plot of land to her off Orchid Road Lekki.   She claimed that the alleged developer Chijioke Ibekwe marketed some lands to her and told her he was the CEO of a new real estate company along Orchid Road Ikota Lekki Lagos.   She said he showed her some documents…

Nigerians abroad who want to buy lands or houses in popular areas in Lagos such as Lekki, Ibeju Lekki, Ajah, Epe, and Ikorodu, etc are at the mercy of fraudulent real estate agents, dubious developers, and wayo real estate companies, crooked omo-oniles and dishonest sellers.   They have no one to tell them the truth about the genuineness of the land or house because of the distance between them and the property they intend to purchase.   These Nigerians abroad can only rely on the pictures, and videos the scammers send to them and word of mouth guarantee from the…

Always get your own Lawyer to represent you in any property deal before you sign any property document.   One of the most painful things that would never leave my mind that prompted me to be a Property Lawyer has to do with this topic.   My grandmother was a victim of legal naivety and ignorance and invested all her life saving to purchase a parcel of land in the early 60s and built a 4 storey building to accommodate her children and grandchildren as a family home in the village only to lose the land and the house due…

Scammers selling Houses are on the rise in Lagos, especially in Lekki. Be Viligant so you don’t become their next Victim!!!   This issue has caused so many tears to many first-time homebuyers who did not conduct a proper verification exercise before they bought those Wayo houses. These buyers assume since it’s not Omo-Onile land they intend to buy, then everything the developer tells them about the property is 100% true.   The risk is heavier because you are losing a very huge sum of money at once and it would be very hard to recover from it if you…