I decided to make this a topic on it's own. It was a response from me to @Ytechconst.

"That's the plain truth!

If one has N600,000+ to pay for a Land and cannot spend N50,000 to pay for a Lawyer's Retainer Fee, then such a person must have his/her head examined.

Some would say they only have the N50,000 to put down for the land and no extra for a Lawyer. You see, I am not a Lawyer but but an ordinary citizen. I will advice such people to hustle another N50,000 to pay to a Lawyer. If it's N50,000 that would give you peace of mind, why not hustle it?

Some Lawyers would be ready to work with you for less but majority is N50,000/month. What I've decided is this, in any Land transaction, I will get a Lawyer involved at the beginning since I know I may not have 50K every month. If the Lawyer gives the "All Clear", I will be paying the installment, then when it's at the end to pay the last deposit, I will get the Lawyer involved again so that he will help to go through all the documents if they are CORRECT. That's spending N100,000!

Most Real Estate Developers are from hell! Some don't have human blood running them, they do not care how one suffered to get the money he/she now wants to spend. All they care about is their immediate gain and your pain!

One more thing, why is it that most Nigerians don't know how to to petition the POLICE/EFCC when cases of this land people rear it's ugly head?

1. Write a petition to the POLICE/EFCC.
2. If they don't handle your case properly, write to their immediate Boss
3. If the Boss is "playing" with your matter write and forward the 2 letters to the Director.
4. Give him 3 months (90 days), if he his office doesn't answer you, write to all manor Newspapers.
5. Make sure your have a picture of the crooked Land Agent so that when he is declared wanted, his faces would be on the Newspapers all major outlet.

Nigerians, do not be afraid of these people, they are PUBLIC SERVANTS who are there to serve us and not we serving them. Unless you guys take the Bull by the horn, you will continue to be played with like Pin Pong.

See, everybody has where to be reported, even if your lawyer is playing with your case and stalling time so that the one month Retainer fee would expire, report the lawyer to the Nigerian Bar Association

IMPORTANT WEBSITES:
NPF: http://www.npf.gov.ng/
EFCC: https://efccnigeria.org/efcc/
NBA: http://www.nigerianbar.org.ng/index.php
REDAN: http://redanonline.org/
AEAN: http://aean.org/

Study these websites and any point out any mistake, for example on the NBA's website. You should send a message to the NBA e.g. why is it that the NBA website does not display the location of a particular lawyer when you type in his/her full names in the "Find A Lawyer" link because it says "To Report a lawyer, you have to first find the lawyer. Click here to find the lawyer" yet if you type in a lawyer's name, it doesn't show anything. By so doing, they will fix it and thus, you are getting the system to work for everyone.

This is how to make Nigeria work, we must hold everybody accountable!"