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AbdulMaifura121:
The Political Gladiator, Victory awaits you In Shaa Allah ���we are confident that you will rescue and restructure our great Nation �

Who is the gladiator??

Not possible.

Drop your comments.

Drop your views.

Who is the political gladiator?

oluwaseyi0:
The lawyers and leaders are a reflection of the society

When a society look at itself in the mirror what it will see is her leader and lawyers

Yes it's a reflection of the society.

oluwaseyi0:
I stopped reading when I saw yemi osinbajo will be next president, seems the write-up is out of date

That's exactly what will happen.

No, the write-up is not out of date. It's very very current.

Yes, he's not a presidential candidate of any political party, but he will become Nigeria's president and take over from Buhari and nothing can stop it.

Save this post and quote me after Osinbajo becomes Nigeria's president in the next few months.

Hmmm

Share your views and stories. Don't suffer in silence.

Drop your views. Let's discuss this issue.

Wining election in Nigeria goes beyond popularity.

Munamu:
Much Ado about nothing! Its goes all around every profession. The problem is that every system that constitutes good governance is not working.

Hmmm.... It's such a pity for Nigeria. It's a system of corruption and we must keep talking about it until we change it because it's our country and we have no other home except Nigeria.

So we must not give up. One day things will be better and Nigeria will change for the better.

blovesther:
thanks alot and I will keep you updated.
I will be traveling down to the village tomorrow.
I promise to follow up immediately I come back next year by Gods grace.
Once again I'm so grateful for your contributions and concern so far.

Alright. Wishing you safe journey. All the best.

Share your thoughts. Share your stories. Don't fear anything.

Share your story. Don't fear anything.

Tell us what you think.

blovesther:
[font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font]thank you so much for this, and for the 35k I have only given him 20k and I promised to pay him the balance later after the case.
I don't know if the court has closed for the year, because I really want to go as you advised.
I didn't get any paper from him concerning the case.
All he keeps telling me since then is, my case hearing is 2nd of next month, and if I call on that 2nd or 5th, he will say it has been. Adjourn to 18th and from then, the following month till now same story.

Noted.

Hmmm...

Even if it's 20k he collected from you, if he didn't file your matter in court, he has no right to collect such money or scam you.

Many red flags in your case:

No paper evidence of filing case (red flag).

No evidence of attending court by claimant (red flag).

No proper concern by the lawyer to give you adequate information over the case (red flag).

Constantly telling you on the supposed date of the case that it has been adjourned without you being there to witness the case or adjournment (red flag).

Nonchalant attitude by the lawyer and not even caring about your case to carry you along (red flag).

So many red flags in this case that all points to the strong suspicion that you may have been scammed.

As for whether the magistrate Court at Ogba has closed for this year, I don't really know, except if someone who knows comes here and tells us. Or if you know anyone working there or close to the place and you call the person to confirm before going. But if your place is not too far away from the court, you can go this week and find out by yourself.

Don't let anyone take advantage of you, because many of these people you see in the court are touts and hawks looking for people to prey on and take their money, because they know Nigeria is a jungle where anything goes and where you can do anything to anybody and get away with it.

So let's know how it goes. We will keep monitoring your case to know what to do next. Just keep us informed/updated on this thread. Let us know.

We will push this story to Nairaland front page if eventually it's discovered that he actually scammed you or that he's a fake lawyer. Then he will be in serious trouble because the whole world will read his story and he will be apprehended, so that he will not continue scamming more people of their hard earned money.

If he scammed you of 20k, he must have scammed other people of hundreds of thousands or millions of naira.

Let's know how it goes.


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Any nasty experience you've had with a lawyer, share it. Let's hear it.

Any nasty experience with a lawyer, share it.

blovesther:
thank you so much for your contribution.
I understand the bank can do something by freezing the person's account but in my own case According to fidelity bank,
The person's account is dormant, does not have a BVN attached to the account and hasn't upgraded the account.
So therefore, my money did not drop in the person's account (it's hanging) and they cannot just reverse it back to me without a court order.
That the person may decide to later use the account, and if he/she realizes that her account was tempered with without his/her consent, if can be a problem for them.

I see. I now understand. So it means you need the court order and without it you won't be able to get the money.

But they say that justice delayed is justice denied. I think that 6 months is too long to get this kind of court order.

Also, it's important to find out if that lawyer is a genuine lawyer, and whether he actually took any action in court to get a court order for you. Because it's possible he's not a genuine lawyer, that is one issue, then another issue is that it's possible he never filed any matter in court on your case.

If he actually took an action for you, there must be evidence. Did he give you any evidence to show he filed your case in court? Did he give you the court papers showing your name and your claims and hearing date and other court information? This is very important and it's your right to have your court papers photocopies given to you and it's also your right to attend the court on the date of hearing except you decide not to.

If he has not given you any court papers at all, and he just told you all these things verbally without any paper evidence, then it's possible he's a fake lawyer and he scammed you, or he may be a genuine lawyer and scammed you. Because even genuine lawyers scam people too, not only the fake ones.

So what you will do is this; if he has not given you any paper, then call him and politely request for an evidence that he filed your matter. If he begins to dodge it and post you and deceive you, then just know he never did anything for you but he just collected your money and scammed you.

Then to be very sure of what is going on and to find out the truth about your case, just go to court 12 by yourself without telling him, since he told you it's in court 12.

When you get there, go to the registry or court office handling court 12. You will climb upstairs and ask of court 12. Meet the admin people and tell them you want to find out if your matter was actually filed in the court. So they will ask you your name, type of case and other details. Then they will help you open their case file. It's a civil matter, in case they ask you. It's not a criminal case. Money recovery/reversal is a civil case. They will open their civil case files and help you check, using your name and date/month (which is from 6 months ago downwards).

If they can't find your case there at all, just know you've been scammed, then call the lawyer, ask to meet with him, go with a male/man with you if possible, then ask for a refund of your money and hold him until he gives you your money because he's a thief.

For collecting 35k out of 80k which he has not even recovered the 80k yet, which he has already collected almost half of the money already, he is a thief if actually he didn't file your case in court.

But if he filed it in court, no problem, then it's not his fault for court delay, but a good lawyer will transfer the case to another court if the magistrate resigned or is not on sit for too long.

That's it.

Let us know how it's going. And provide any other relevant information about your case.

I for one I can publish your story here on Nairaland on different sections and also on other websites and blogs and all over the internet free of charge for you if your story is genuine and if we discover that he actually scammed you of your money.

He will be fished out wherever he is and investigated to know whether he's a genuine lawyer or fake lawyer, and also made to refund your money to you.

Enough of lawyers scamming people.

Enough is enough.


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blovesther:
I don't know if mine is scam or what again oooo.
I went to magistrate court (Ikeja/ogba magistrate court in Lagos) to get a court order of fund transfer to a wrong account, I met with the security and explained my ordeals to him and he referred me to a barrister inside the court.
The barrister charged me 35k out of the 80k I wrongly transferred.
He told me it's going to take 3weeks to get the court order as it has procedures it will follow before he can get the order.
This was around July, till now, the man said my case is in court 12 that the judge there resigned and left the country and they are waiting for the case to be reassigned to another court.��
I don't even know what to do because I don't know if he is telling the truth of how an order he promised 3weeks is/has taking 6months

Hmmm, I strongly suspect you may have been scammed by that lawyer.

Pls everybody in the house come and give your advise over this issue.

How can a promise of 3 weeks turn to 6 months, except there is something fishy going on? And to think that you lost 80k, and the lawyer still collected 35k from you without considering the fact that you have already lost 80k, because the 80k is almost lost now until you recover it. So you have now lost a total of 115k or more, plus transport and other expenses.

How can people be this heartless? Heartless and wicked to helpless and defenceless people who are supposed to be helped.

As far as I'm concerned, no court order will take that long. And if it's Court 12 as he told you, there must be evidence that he filed the matter in court in your name and hearing date fixed or given to you by the lawyer, for you to appear in court where the magistrate will most likely interrogate you about your claims to the money, before issuing the court order to the recipient bank to return your money to you. This can be done within one month by a good and genuine lawyer.

If I'm wrong, please everybody in the house correct me. Can a court order for an erroneous transfer take that long? 6 months? No, I doubt. Something is wrong somewhere.

By the way, they played on your naivity. This issue can be handled by yourself even without going to court to obtain a court order, since the money involved is not much. It's not up to millions. It's something you can just approach the recipient bank directly, especially if it's the same bank you're using, complain to the manager, then they will freeze or restrict the recipient's account and get your money returned to you if he/she cannot prove ownership of the money.

But if it's another bank to another bank transfer, it may delay a bit, but you will still get your money if you persist. Or to make it faster, you write the bank and copy the CBN. You will get your money fast.

That's what I think.

Let's wait for others to give their advice/comment over this issue.

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staromedia:
hmmm

Why hmmm? Drop your comment. Are you afraid of lawyers?

Let's expose all dubious lawyers. Share your experiences with the dubious ones.

No you can't get what doesn't belong to you. No way.