pato station: This is government recklessness. Many of these state governments wait until people develop an area before they come in to start demolishing peoples' property worth billions of naira. They will never map out the roads, drainage and walkways until people have used their pension and other hard earned money to build their houses with even government-approved plans. Then the "government in power" will wake up and remember that they will build express roads, housing estates and other things there. Many of the unfortunate landowners will end up not getting compensated. Very sad

born2fuck: if C of O doesn't stop government from demolishing the property, it means the reckless useless government alwaaus wait for place to develop before demolishinng it.

DrDapcee: My family has multiple properties earmarked for demolition on this road… the income from these properties sustain the big family. The future is bleak. We have done nothing wrong. We have c/o. we made adequate clearance for future road expansion as adviced by our architect. Some of the houses date back 20yrs in age. All going down. …
We did not get any formal warning from the ogun state government. All we saw were markings on our property. No written notification. No media communiqué, nothing. We went to Abeokuta and we got conflicting reports both from the government office and the ministry of lands. In summary, they assured us that demolition would only start in 2015. They requested quotes for value of our properties…. running into nine digit figures. We gave them. They offered less than 20% of the current value of these properties. We asked for a design of the road so that we can plan a structured demolition of our property ourselves so as to preserve the memories of these properties and minimize destruction by their hungry bulldozers. They did not give us any. We were in the dark, confused, anxious, unhappy, disappointed. All of a sudden, we heard Amosun came last Sunday, spent about 20mins, walked about a 100m and was heard to say that work would commence tomorrow(monday).
I encourage development in every level and agree that Yakoyo /Alagbole road needs an overhaul, but why put the cart before the horse.
Amosun mentioned that he had warned us 2yrs ago about the proposed destruction. Why did he not use this period to compensate us so that we would not be in this current situation of unplanned homelessness after many years of comfort? I pray none of you become homeless, it is a wicked experience. Amosun never engaged stake holders of the area. When development started in the area back in the late 80’s and people were ignorantly purchasing the land from omo oniles, was there any advice from the government against such? If indeed there was a master plan for that road, why did the government not clamp down on development of that area during the early 90’s when development of that area was in its nascence?
Amosun has wielded his power immaturely and insensitively. Such impunity should not go unpunished regardless of the intention. Did you know that taking the road through the vast undeveloped area surrounding alagbole/yakoyo would save the government more money by saving on ‘compensation’? Why was this option not explored? This road would link to the Lagos/Ibadan express way about 5km from Berger junction.
This has exposes many problems that face our country. We the residents of this area are also human, powerless against the selfish govenrment but still human and deserve some respect. It is us today, but remember it can be you tomorrow, in another form. We should challenge such insensitivity to citizens. Most of these houses are the sole source of income for the owners. where do they go now? where would they sleep? compensation whenever it arrives will not alleviate the current distress and trauma.
God, we leave this in your hands. Fight for us, no body else will.

@op, you are an iddiott and government scycophant trying to profit from other people's woes. Almost everyone whose house is being demolished got clearance from the state government agencies. The same agencies that give these approvals are the ones who turn back and call it fake. And the gov is turning a blind eye because he doesn't want to pay compensation. It is ridiculous for you to claim that people who spent millions to buy land and build houses didn't go to government for approval. If it was fg now, you would have been shouting and talking nonsense that they should settle everyone. You people are just evil people but the people will respond in 2015. Stay tuned

DrDapcee: My family has multiple properties earmarked for demolition on this road… the income from these properties sustain the big family. The future is bleak. We have done nothing wrong. We have c/o. we made adequate clearance for future road expansion as adviced by our architect. Some of the houses date back 20yrs in age. All going down. …
We did not get any formal warning from the ogun state government. All we saw were markings on our property. No written notification. No media communiqué, nothing. We went to Abeokuta and we got conflicting reports both from the government office and the ministry of lands. In summary, they assured us that demolition would only start in 2015. They requested quotes for value of our properties…. running into nine digit figures. We gave them. They offered less than 20% of the current value of these properties. We asked for a design of the road so that we can plan a structured demolition of our property ourselves so as to preserve the memories of these properties and minimize destruction by their hungry bulldozers. They did not give us any. We were in the dark, confused, anxious, unhappy, disappointed. All of a sudden, we heard Amosun came last Sunday, spent about 20mins, walked about a 100m and was heard to say that work would commence tomorrow(monday).
I encourage development in every level and agree that Yakoyo /Alagbole road needs an overhaul, but why put the cart before the horse.
Amosun mentioned that he had warned us 2yrs ago about the proposed destruction. Why did he not use this period to compensate us so that we would not be in this current situation of unplanned homelessness after many years of comfort? I pray none of you become homeless, it is a wicked experience. Amosun never engaged stake holders of the area. When development started in the area back in the late 80’s and people were ignorantly purchasing the land from omo oniles, was there any advice from the government against such? If indeed there was a master plan for that road, why did the government not clamp down on development of that area during the early 90’s when development of that area was in its nascence?
Amosun has wielded his power immaturely and insensitively. Such impunity should not go unpunished regardless of the intention. Did you know that taking the road through the vast undeveloped area surrounding alagbole/yakoyo would save the government more money by saving on ‘compensation’? Why was this option not explored? This road would link to the Lagos/Ibadan express way about 5km from Berger junction.
This has exposes many problems that face our country. We the residents of this area are also human, powerless against the selfish govenrment but still human and deserve some respect. It is us today, but remember it can be you tomorrow, in another form. We should challenge such insensitivity to citizens. Most of these houses are the sole source of income for the owners. where do they go now? where would they sleep? compensation whenever it arrives will not alleviate the current distress and trauma.
God, we leave this in your hands. Fight for us, no body else will.

DrDapcee: My family has multiple properties earmarked for demolition on this road… the income from these properties sustain the big family. The future is bleak. We have done nothing wrong. We have c/o. we made adequate clearance for future road expansion as adviced by our architect. Some of the houses date back 20yrs in age. All going down. …
We did not get any formal warning from the ogun state government. All we saw were markings on our property. No written notification. No media communiqué, nothing. We went to Abeokuta and we got conflicting reports both from the government office and the ministry of lands. In summary, they assured us that demolition would only start in 2015. They requested quotes for value of our properties…. running into nine digit figures. We gave them. They offered less than 20% of the current value of these properties. We asked for a design of the road so that we can plan a structured demolition of our property ourselves so as to preserve the memories of these properties and minimize destruction by their hungry bulldozers. They did not give us any. We were in the dark, confused, anxious, unhappy, disappointed. All of a sudden, we heard Amosun came last Sunday, spent about 20mins, walked about a 100m and was heard to say that work would commence tomorrow(monday).
I encourage development in every level and agree that Yakoyo /Alagbole road needs an overhaul, but why put the cart before the horse.
Amosun mentioned that he had warned us 2yrs ago about the proposed destruction. Why did he not use this period to compensate us so that we would not be in this current situation of unplanned homelessness after many years of comfort? I pray none of you become homeless, it is a wicked experience. Amosun never engaged stake holders of the area. When development started in the area back in the late 80’s and people were ignorantly purchasing the land from omo oniles, was there any advice from the government against such? If indeed there was a master plan for that road, why did the government not clamp down on development of that area during the early 90’s when development of that area was in its nascence?
Amosun has wielded his power immaturely and insensitively. Such impunity should not go unpunished regardless of the intention. Did you know that taking the road through the vast undeveloped area surrounding alagbole/yakoyo would save the government more money by saving on ‘compensation’? Why was this option not explored? This road would link to the Lagos/Ibadan express way about 5km from Berger junction.
This has exposes many problems that face our country. We the residents of this area are also human, powerless against the selfish govenrment but still human and deserve some respect. It is us today, but remember it can be you tomorrow, in another form. We should challenge such insensitivity to citizens. Most of these houses are the sole source of income for the owners. where do they go now? where would they sleep? compensation whenever it arrives will not alleviate the current distress and trauma.
God, we leave this in your hands. Fight for us, no body else will.

DrDapcee: My family has multiple properties earmarked for demolition on this road… the income from these properties sustain the big family. The future is bleak. We have done nothing wrong. We have c/o. we made adequate clearance for future road expansion as adviced by our architect. Some of the houses date back 20yrs in age. All going down. …
We did not get any formal warning from the ogun state government. All we saw were markings on our property. No written notification. No media communiqué, nothing. We went to Abeokuta and we got conflicting reports both from the government office and the ministry of lands. In summary, they assured us that demolition would only start in 2015. They requested quotes for value of our properties…. running into nine digit figures. We gave them. They offered less than 20% of the current value of these properties. We asked for a design of the road so that we can plan a structured demolition of our property ourselves so as to preserve the memories of these properties and minimize destruction by their hungry bulldozers. They did not give us any. We were in the dark, confused, anxious, unhappy, disappointed. All of a sudden, we heard Amosun came last Sunday, spent about 20mins, walked about a 100m and was heard to say that work would commence tomorrow(monday).
I encourage development in every level and agree that Yakoyo /Alagbole road needs an overhaul, but why put the cart before the horse.
Amosun mentioned that he had warned us 2yrs ago about the proposed destruction. Why did he not use this period to compensate us so that we would not be in this current situation of unplanned homelessness after many years of comfort? I pray none of you become homeless, it is a wicked experience. Amosun never engaged stake holders of the area. When development started in the area back in the late 80’s and people were ignorantly purchasing the land from omo oniles, was there any advice from the government against such? If indeed there was a master plan for that road, why did the government not clamp down on development of that area during the early 90’s when development of that area was in its nascence?
Amosun has wielded his power immaturely and insensitively. Such impunity should not go unpunished regardless of the intention. Did you know that taking the road through the vast undeveloped area surrounding alagbole/yakoyo would save the government more money by saving on ‘compensation’? Why was this option not explored? This road would link to the Lagos/Ibadan express way about 5km from Berger junction.
This has exposes many problems that face our country. We the residents of this area are also human, powerless against the selfish govenrment but still human and deserve some respect. It is us today, but remember it can be you tomorrow, in another form. We should challenge such insensitivity to citizens. Most of these houses are the sole source of income for the owners. where do they go now? where would they sleep? compensation whenever it arrives will not alleviate the current distress and trauma.
God, we leave this in your hands. Fight for us, no body else will.

Ralphlauren:

dont be so quick to blame just omoniles and estate agents. unscrupulous LAWYERS are also a big part of the problem facing nigeria's property market. i will not be surprised if some of the people that have been affected by the demoltion had the property transaction handled by lawyers

so many people have had their hands burnt by lawyers. a lawyer's job is basically preparing a lease, any required legal paperwork and resolving any legal disputes. however, these days, you find a lot of lawyers selling and letting property. is that part of the curriculum in nigeria's law school lawyers want to pocket legal fee and at the same time pocket agency fee, management fee and fee from the sale of a property.

i personally will never buy or rent any property from any third party except he or she is A REGISTERED ESTATE SURVEYOR AND VALUER.

DrDapcee: My family has multiple properties earmarked for demolition on this road… the income from these properties sustain the big family. The future is bleak. We have done nothing wrong. We have c/o. we made adequate clearance for future road expansion as adviced by our architect. Some of the houses date back 20yrs in age. All going down. …
We did not get any formal warning from the ogun state government. All we saw were markings on our property. No written notification. No media communiqué, nothing. We went to Abeokuta and we got conflicting reports both from the government office and the ministry of lands. In summary, they assured us that demolition would only start in 2015. They requested quotes for value of our properties…. running into nine digit figures. We gave them. They offered less than 20% of the current value of these properties. We asked for a design of the road so that we can plan a structured demolition of our property ourselves so as to preserve the memories of these properties and minimize destruction by their hungry bulldozers. They did not give us any. We were in the dark, confused, anxious, unhappy, disappointed. All of a sudden, we heard Amosun came last Sunday, spent about 20mins, walked about a 100m and was heard to say that work would commence tomorrow(monday).
I encourage development in every level and agree that Yakoyo /Alagbole road needs an overhaul, but why put the cart before the horse.
Amosun mentioned that he had warned us 2yrs ago about the proposed destruction. Why did he not use this period to compensate us so that we would not be in this current situation of unplanned homelessness after many years of comfort? I pray none of you become homeless, it is a wicked experience. Amosun never engaged stake holders of the area. When development started in the area back in the late 80’s and people were ignorantly purchasing the land from omo oniles, was there any advice from the government against such? If indeed there was a master plan for that road, why did the government not clamp down on development of that area during the early 90’s when development of that area was in its nascence?
Amosun has wielded his power immaturely and insensitively. Such impunity should not go unpunished regardless of the intention. Did you know that taking the road through the vast undeveloped area surrounding alagbole/yakoyo would save the government more money by saving on ‘compensation’? Why was this option not explored? This road would link to the Lagos/Ibadan express way about 5km from Berger junction.
This has exposes many problems that face our country. We the residents of this area are also human, powerless against the selfish govenrment but still human and deserve some respect. It is us today, but remember it can be you tomorrow, in another form. We should challenge such insensitivity to citizens. Most of these houses are the sole source of income for the owners. where do they go now? where would they sleep? compensation whenever it arrives will not alleviate the current distress and trauma.
God, we leave this in your hands. Fight for us, no body else will.

Texas_R:

Quite on point

@Lawyer
Much as you have a point in advising people to always verify the authenticity of any property they intend to put their money in,please be very specific when you advice them to pay "professionals",who are the professionals you refer to? with your ad clips and with what obtains in Nigeria,most uninformed intending property owners would think you are referring to lawyers.I once had a client,who while sketching his proposed building,I was advising him on the need to observe the required set backs and all that,there was this lawyer of his who was telling him that it wasn't necessary,that developers don't always observe set backs blah blah blah.I quickly shot him down and told him that he was over-stepping his bounds and venturing into territories that he was not competent to speak on.
Truth be told,from that experience and others,I can safely say that lawyers,in their greed to collect agency and management fees as well as commissions from sales of property have ended up usurping the duties of professionals like estate surveyors/valuers,as well as engineers and given calamitous advice to property owners which has put a lot of them in the predicament we're seeing on this thread.

Ralphlauren:

Governor's consent is the same thing as C of O. dont get it twisted.

building permit on its own will NOT qualify you for compensation.

Okija_juju: This is sad but thats the price of development...



My problem is the Government. They are well aware of the problems people face from community|Omo niles in the purchasing of lands and yet they have not come out to resolve this.

How difficult is it for the Government to have a well detailed Map that shows the following;

1. How the Lands in the area has been mapped
2. Who owns what land.
3. How many meters have been alllocated for roads.
4. Area for Water
5. Area for Electricity
6. Area for gas.
7. School Area
8. Play Ground

e.t.c..

My fathers first Land he bought in this life was a scam from the community. Its really sad that in a country like Nigeria where people suffer to get jobs, save to acquire properties and pay off the mortgages on those properties and when they are just aboutto settle down and start reaping the fruits of their hard labour, HERE COMES THE GOVERNMENT BULLDOZERS..

- Where was the Local Government, State Government, Urban and Regional Planning, F.G when these people were building on these lands?
- And if my memory serves me right, anybody building a house has to obtain a series of approvals from the government to build so the government can feign not knowing abouty these building..


Sadly, the government remains well within their rights to carry out demolitions of illegally built structures without recourse or compensation.. But the Government should either fully take over all Lands in the federation and sell it to Nigerians themselves (without community influence) or Show us on both the Website of the Urban and regional planning of each state and their offices the deleaniation of each land, showing size and use.


My heart goes out to all affected persons..

_{WORD OF THE GODS:: My People, please only buy Lands from the Federal Government.. Its easier to verify, You cannot be harrassed by Local and State governments during development of said lands & You stand lesser risk of demolition in the future due to illegal acquisition/use of said Lands.. It may cost more, but it will last you longer..}

mojeer678:

I laugh in Malay.
C of O and Governor's Consent aren't the same, my dear. Who have you been talking to?

It really grates when people talk/write about what they have no freakin idea about. And having the gall to advise not getting it twisted, when you've strangulated the two?

Try getting a building permit in Lagos without either of the two & I'll take you out for lunch at Equal Rights in Alausa Secretariat.

Texas_R:

Quite on point

@Lawyer
Much as you have a point in advising people to always verify the authenticity of any property they intend to put their money in,please be very specific when you advice them to pay "professionals",who are the professionals you refer to? with your ad clips and with what obtains in Nigeria,most uninformed intending property owners would think you are referring to lawyers.I once had a client,who while sketching his proposed building,I was advising him on the need to observe the required set backs and all that,there was this lawyer of his who was telling him that it wasn't necessary,that developers don't always observe set backs blah blah blah.I quickly shot him down and told him that he was over-stepping his bounds and venturing into territories that he was not competent to speak on.
Truth be told,from that experience and others,I can safely say that lawyers,in their greed to collect agency and management fees as well as commissions from sales of property have ended up usurping the duties of professionals like estate surveyors/valuers,as well as engineers and given calamitous advice to property owners which has put a lot of them in the predicament we're seeing on this thread.

mojeer678:


A cardinal rule when buying property is 'caveat emptor' meaning Buyers Beware!

Ralphlauren:

sometimes, i wish the 'professionals' could do more. so many people are misinformed

i am aware that the most professions dictates against outright advertisement of individual services, however, there needs to be a way around this rule to keep people informed on what needs to be done and checked to avoid people crying blue murder when their land is acquired by the goverment or when they lose money to dubious people.

Ralphlauren:

i am NOT 100 percent certain but i think If they have old receipts and documents dating back to the colonial area or before a certain year (i cant remember exactly), that might be accepted and they might be eligible for some compensation. however, the government is smart and they are aware that these docs may have been forged.

mo'clothesnaija:
they are still comin to my area, infact we are waiting for dem

lawyer:

Your right sir, many lawyers are part of the problem too and I won't deny that. I am even dealing with one presently that wants to play the role of an agent, solicitor and contractor at the same time and I detest such attitude. I agree loads of lawyers would have been culpable in the sale of those bad lands and won't feel any remorse whatsoever ever to try to ameliorate the sufferings of these people now. That's why I hardly involve myself in both agency and soliciting and when it comes to territories or departments that am not conversant with, I raise my hands up and tell the client immediately. Am only good at one thing and that's land law and discovering land scams that could bankrupt a potential buyer. Apart from that, I won't claim to be an expert on it and I won't venture into it.