Due to the failure on the part of some surveyors to carry out their task in line with the stipulated rules and regulations, there have been cases of defective/ wrong /incorrect survey plans being produced.
The ignorant reliance on these survey plans by the clients have led to many of them losing their land to the adverse party.
In the case of Alade v. Dina 17 NLR Pg. 32, the court held thus: “if there is variance between the plan and the area claimed, the plaintiff’s action for declaration of title must fail.”
The Supreme Court further affirmed this principle of law, in the case of Ogedengbe v. Balogun (2007) 30 WRN 47, where it held thus: “indeed, it is also settled that an inaccurate plan, will defeat a plaintiff’s claim; this is also the case, if the description of the land in dispute, contradicts the plan.”
As such, surveyors must be conscious of the fact that they owe their clients absolute duty of care as professionals, while carrying out survey exercise, leading to the production of plans. The parcel of land might be a subject of litigation in the near future and the clients are bound to rely on the plans prepared by the surveyors over the parcel of land.

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