Over 500 people have been defrauded ₦8,000,000 each by a Real Estate Company at Abijo after selling wayo lands to them in 2021 and have not allocated a single plot to any of their subscribers.   Angry subscribers stormed the office of Peace waters a real estate company that sold lands to many subscribers at Abijo without giving them any allocation despite the continuous promises to conduct allocation to its subscribers.   The subscribers wanted a refund of their money since they realized the lands they bought were “One Chance” lands but the directors and developers had disappeared into thin…

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…

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…

What is joint ownership of land?   Joint ownership of land simply means when 2 or more people own a piece of land or lands jointly. Any right, benefit, claim or over that piece or parcel of land belongs to the owners jointly and not on an individual basis.   Example of jointly owning a land includes a land that belongs to a husband and wife (not or wife), Father and daughter, Mother and Son, Sister and Brother, Business partner 1 and Business partner 2, Lands owned by a cooperative society, land owned by a company etc.   This means…

Arising Land Scam Questions My mail box is filled with thousands of mails regarding Land related issues Omonile Lawyer readers are facing and i would attempt to answer most of them. Majority of these questions consists of  land purchases gone bad , lands bought without  due diligence, people asking me to recommend good lands for them to buy.   Lands that are devoid of wahala or just simply steps to take before they purchase a new land so that they won’t fall victim of Land scam artists. Some cases are serious, some pitiful, some down right hilarious and some frightening….

The truth about land scams   The rate of land scams in Lagos, Ogun, Port Harcourt and Abuja is getting extremely alarming and buyers these days are so weary of falling victim to Evil people parading as Land owners but in reality the land they claim to own and intend to sell belongs to somebody else.   Property buyers are so confused as to the type of property they intend to purchase because the system is so rotten coupled with the problems that accompany living in a rented apartment . Buyers have become extremely desperate to own lands not minding…

One of the gravest mistakes Land purchasers make when they buy a Land in Lagos or Ogun is lack of planning to take possession of the land they paid a hefty sum for. We get emotionally attached to the location, the seller and the cost of the land  without considering the fact that this is Lagos or Ogun.   Where these wicked and Dangerous Land Fraudsters have no ounce of Human sympathy when it comes to defrauding innocent land buyers because we fail to take the first and most important step which is securing the land.   75% of land cases…