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Properties / Re: Beechwood Estate Another Hidden Treasure That Is Unbelievably Priced by lawyer(m): 6:19pm On Jan 18, 2013
More pics of the surroundings

Properties / Re: Beechwood Estate Another Hidden Treasure That Is Unbelievably Priced by lawyer(m): 6:08pm On Jan 18, 2013
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Properties / Re: Beechwood Estate Another Hidden Treasure That Is Unbelievably Priced by lawyer(m): 6:06pm On Jan 18, 2013
Surrounded by good petrol stations, schools and adjoining estates that are very peaceful too

Properties / Re: Beechwood Estate Another Hidden Treasure That Is Unbelievably Priced by lawyer(m): 6:01pm On Jan 18, 2013
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Properties / Re: Beechwood Estate Another Hidden Treasure That Is Unbelievably Priced by lawyer(m): 5:59pm On Jan 18, 2013
Below are some of the pictures of the estate

Properties / Re: Beechwood Estate Another Hidden Treasure That Is Unbelievably Priced by lawyer(m): 5:55pm On Jan 18, 2013
1. Firstly this advert is strictly for those who have the money to buy a plot of land up to N5Million plus looking for a plot of land in a very good estate managed by a reputable developer.
2. Those looking for an Estate where they can build comfortably without any Omonile wahala concerning foundation fees, roofing, signing of documents, trespassing or 2 people quarreling over any land and all the attendant problems associated with omoniles
3. Those that have always craved to be in a well planned estate in the Lekki Ajah axis that will have the same infrastructures as the Lekki Schemes but at a far cheaper affordable rate with proper layout outs, plots, blocks and very good documents to back it up
4. An estate with well tarred roads, light, security, borehole, petrol stations, hospitals, school etc and it’s a completely dry land so no extra money for sand filling
5. The price is a one of fee for life which includes the cost of the land, legal fees, Agency fees, transfer of document fees and survey fees.

The name of the Estate is called BEECHWOOD ESTATE Owned and Managed by ARM INVESTMENT MANAGERS ltd a company with a good track record Who are also the owners of the Famed FARAPARK ESTATE at Abijo just after the famous CROWN ESTATE. It has a confirmed registered Certificate of Occupancy registered as 62/62/2004W at the lands registry at Alausa with no encumberance as of the date writing this expose and it has a certified layout of each plot of land measuring 450sqm. Each plot of land goes for N6Million now and 5 years ago it was just N3Million per plot. How many estates in Lagos will have all these and will go for N6Million for every payment? Astonishing!

In fact most of the lands have been sold out and its just a limited few or buying from a 3rd party that remains. This to me is a very fair place price and an absolute steal for an estate with all these facilities. Lekki Scheme 2 which is just 10 minutes away from this place doesn’t have all these facilities in place now and each plot goes for N13Million and most of them are water logged. This is my best bet advise for those looking for an estate with all facilities in tact to purchase considering the cost of providing tarred roads everywhere, functional security, water, light etc far out weighs the selling cost and most importantly NO OMONILE WAHALA! Trust me Omonile wahala would out weigh N6Million on its own.

As usual, I am going to put below the documents they have and pictures so as to assess everything yourself and if your interested you can contact me through the numbers below. Make sure this year you buy properties that have valid documents. Am tired of hearing stories of lands without proper documents and I will do my best to locate more of these hidden treasures with documents so you can build peacefully in Lagos.

Also you can contact
Mr. Adedayo A. Adediran

(M.D / C.E.O)
R & D Continental Services Ltd
Tel: 08031303157, 08176999339, 07028191617


He is the locator of this gem and I have given him hell for more than 6 months in verifying these documents and his patience with me and steadfastness will make me endorse him as a very good and trust worthy agent you can deal with and he has passed all my tests and is given a very high vote of confidence in dealing with him.

Cheers

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Properties / Re: Beechwood Estate Another Hidden Treasure That Is Unbelievably Priced by lawyer(m): 5:44pm On Jan 18, 2013
Pictures of the perimeter survey and estate layout

Properties / Beechwood Estate Another Hidden Treasure That Is Unbelievably Priced by lawyer(m): 5:42pm On Jan 18, 2013
For quite a while now a lot of people have been asking me where to buy a good piece of land especially in an established estate without omonile wahala that has all the known infrastructures such as light, good roads, well laid out plots and proper layouts, gated community, accessible and most of all affordable and I have been scouting the whole of lagos looking for another hidden treasure and I think I have found one and its called Beechwood estate at Lakowe Along the Ajah/ Ibeju Lekki Axis.

To be honest I stumbled upon this estate by accident early this year when I went to investigate some omoniles trying to re-sell another person’s property along that axis. They were driving me around and taking me on a joy ride and drove pass this estate. I was amazed that there was a hidden gem like this concealed in this part of lekki/ajah. I marveled at the well tarred roads, the layout, the street addresses, the houses being built, the scerene environment etc and I immediately dismissed it as one of those high priced estates like Lekki Scheme 1 or Scheme 2 or Eko Akete starting from N15Million and above.

Later on this year Mr Dayo of RND Continental one of my trusted Nairaland Agents alerted me about this Estate and that loads of people were rushing the estate and I should alert Nairalanders. Firstly I dismissed it again because I hadn’t researched any of the documents or confirmed their genuinity and secondly the prices I was seeing on Nairaland properties per plot was from N15Million upwards and I know that’s not what most Nairalands are looking for price wise. He shocked me by telling me that most of the people advertising those lands in that estate as thieves trying to reap quadruple commission and the price of the estate was between the range of N5.5Million to N6Million including all costs, fees etc.

I couldn’t believe it and tasked Dayo to connect me with the Owners of the company and for me to get all the documents to investigate properly before I ascertain the true cost of the place and ownership. It has taken me months privately to investigate all parties and am pleased to say this is one of the best finds I have seen in a while based on the costs and comfort it brings and I will break everything down for you to see piece by piece to see the advantages of this estate.

Below are the some of the documents the estate possesses which also include a Global C/O covering the whole estate, a sample deed of assignment from a current purchaser ( some parts have been edited to protect the privacy of the owner), the layout of the estate and full survey plan of the estate.

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Entertainment / Re: An Open Letter To Cossy Orjiakor And Tonto Dikeh by lawyer(m): 11:18pm On Jan 17, 2013
Nairaland is gradually turning this Tontp dike woman into our own Kim Kardashian! Like joke like joke she is making more money being talentless through the media than on the screen! Now u have to admire such a woman!

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Politics / Re: Bakare Attacks Lagos Over N72m Land Charge by lawyer(m): 11:11pm On Jan 17, 2013
toprod: The property is at Sobo Arobiodun Street,GRA , ikeja and it's worth billions of naira

If it is at Ikeja GRA, why is he complaining? Every property person knows if your buying land at either GRA Ikeja, Ikoyi, V.I, Lekki 1 or any high brow area, your consent charges will be very high besides, he didn't say 1 land but lands large enough to build an estate, so what is he talking about? Am sure if they even visit the site properly and measure the square meters divided by the area, we could be talking of a 100 million or more if they even charge him based on an estate? I even feel sorry for him def, building plan money never enter o! Do u know how much a single plot of land goes for at Ikeja GRA? Abeg bros no get yarns jor!

Politics / Re: Bakare Attacks Lagos Over N72m Land Charge by lawyer(m): 8:52pm On Jan 17, 2013
These are half truths! For it to be 72 million, the land must be in a very high profile area and the square meters must be in so many hectares for that land before it came to that price and am sure the price he would sell 1 plot or property after he is done will surpass N72 million per plot. So he should state the area exactly and rhe square meters before we criticize Lagos state or not!

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Properties / Re: Omonile Lawyer Land Verification Service ( Do Not Buy That Land Until We Verify) by lawyer(m): 3:07am On Jan 10, 2013
Omonile Lawyer Land Search Verification Service is your Trusted Watchdog on Land matters. Thanks for making us the No1 Land Scam Detectors in Lagos.

(Remember if you think hiring a Professional to do a job is Expensive, wait till you engage an Amateur before you truly understand what Expensive means )

Dont take risks by throwing your hard earned saved Millions of Naira on a Property without engaging us just because you dont want to spend a couple of thousands to protect millions. That being penny wise and pound foolish and we have seen so many clients bite their fingers and regret their actions after they have bought lands that are fraught with problems and they are looking for every possible way to dispose the land at a far lower value just because they didnt do a proper search. Between 2010 and 2012, We have done over a 1000 searches and we have been 100% successful from Ikorodu down to Badagry. We are very well experienced and our clients trust us to deliver and we wont let you down.

You can join us on facebook on Omonile Lawyer and on Twitter @Omonile_Lawyer for more land scams to avoid and more tips and advise on the dos and donts of buying land in Lagos or Ogun state.

Cheers

Properties / Re: Omonile Lawyer Land Verification Service ( Do Not Buy That Land Until We Verify) by lawyer(m): 2:38am On Jan 10, 2013
So what Omonile Lawyer Land Verification Services would basically do for you is primarily to protect you from buying a fraudulent land or Property and saving you from throwing your money into the hands of Land Swindlers.

For 5 years we have rigorously studied their patterns of scam, their tricks, their procedures and organization so we are very well equipped to handle a land search on your behalf.

The procedure starts with a free Consultation phone call or email to tell us about the land you intend to purchase and all the vital information regarding the land that the Seller or Agent has provided to you and we would advise you accordingly what next to do. If its a land we have previously searched before and we know the place is a bad place or fraught with difficulties or fraud or under Government acquisition, we would tell you immediately to forget it without asking for a dime because our reputation is at stake here and morally it's the right thing to do.

The moment you contract us to carry out the search by paying our search fees, we would carry out all these searches which could take between 72 hours to a week and it includes but not limited to the following:

1. Going to the land to do a proper and personal land search with our trusted and designated Registered Surveyor to determine whether the land is free from Government acquisition or not and it will be documented to give you a formal report about the state of the land.

2. Visiting the land physically to detect or deduce any physical encumberance

3. Meeting up with the Agents/ Sellers to trace the history of the land and if there is any issue what so ever or the tiniest red flag to doubt its authenticity we will not endorse it till they satisfy us beyond reasonable doubt

4. Visit the land registry at Alausa to confirm all necessary checks and landed paper documents

5. Finally investigating the owner/owners to deduce whether there is a history of fraud

These Could result in Multiple trips to the Land Registry, The Land or owner or whosoever till we get our facts right.

For all these we charge a Flat Fee of N60,000

If our search report comes out inconclusive or we do not endorse the first one due to irregularities or fraud and the land is not given a clean bill of health to purchase, the Second search will be done free as long as its within 3 months of the first search we were contracted to do your search and if we are to conclude the transaction on your behalf and prepare the documents, the N50,000 will be deducted from the mandatory 5% of the purchase price legal fees.

For further Inquires, Information and personal consultation, you can reach us on 07036681104, 08077943514 Or 08123175073 email us on nairalandlawyer@yahoo.com or omonilelawyer@yahoo.com

Properties / Omonile Lawyer Land Verification Service ( Do Not Buy That Land Until We Verify) by lawyer(m): 2:29am On Jan 10, 2013
Happy New Year Nairaland Property Lovers and May this year be a success for all of you. Well for 5 years i have being on Nairaland championing the need for property buyers in Lagos and Ogun especially to be vigilant and avoid being scammed by these dubious and fraudulent land selling syndicate called the Omooniles also known as "Land owners" and you can view them here:

https://www.nairaland.com/1113905/lagos-real-estate-omonile-land
https://www.nairaland.com/377377/dont-victim-investigate-every-property
https://www.nairaland.com/859159/2011-land-property-scams-swindles
https://www.nairaland.com/595696/land-fraudsters-tricks-learnt-2010

Every year they get more sophisticated and daring to rip off unsuspecting buyers off their hard earned money by either offering for sale dubious lands that do not belong to them, procuring false land documents to deceive the buyer that they own it or Swindle, con, collude and work on the buyer's Naivety who is inexperienced in purchasing lands in Lagos and dealing with these criminal elements.

They target mostly hard working Nigerians abroad who have worked so hard to send money home to invest in land or buy a land to build a home to reap the fruits of their hard work abroad and do not know the dos and dont's of buying land and dealing with these fraudulent Sellers and also Corporate Nigerian Workers or Business men who are Cash Rich and time poor because they don't have the time to investigate or commence an indepth search into these Land Scammers. At first it started as a hobby to assist alot of people to do searches to prevent these omoniles from scamming alot of people off their money and i have recorded a lot of success but it was largely uncoordinated and wasn't a formal thing and couldnt deal with the swarms of request to handle these search request.

So i took time off to sort so many thing out to make it a proper land verification businesses. I have now put structures in place and am introducing a new land search service called Omonile Lawyer and basically its a professional Land Search Verification Service that can save you millions of Naira before you commit yourself unknowingly into the wrong hands and we have over 5 years experience in doing this job and we have become very good at it with thousands of certified customers that can be verified from searching Nairaland for various testimonials.

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Sports / Re: Nigeria’s 50 Greatest Footballers Of All Time By Supersports by lawyer(m): 6:11pm On Jan 06, 2013
No mutiu? Silly list! First Nigerian at the Saudi 89 competition to use his goal scoring and heading abilities to bring us fame!
Properties / Re: Guide To Knowing Fraudulent Agents On Nairaland Properties Forum! Buyers Beware by lawyer(m): 12:47pm On Jan 04, 2013
Why would you commit money to someone you haven't met? And an agent for that matter? I think it's a very wrong approach
Fashion / Re: Pink Lips: Fashion Trend For Men by lawyer(m): 12:35pm On Dec 12, 2012
Serious face palm at those guys in the video

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Politics / Re: Lagos Unveils Alternative Road For Lekki-epe Toll Plaza by lawyer(m): 1:34pm On Dec 06, 2012
I don't know why you ppl like all these propagandas when your not directly involved in the nuisance. Most of you type from your homes without feeling the pains motorists will go through using a road that has always been these since the 80s. Lets assume your going to Ajah from Ikeja, you pay N150x 4 that's 600 Nairaland to go to Ajah to and fro. That doesn't exclude the stress, long standstill traffic when the tolls don't work, change Wahala or bottle necks and you will be there for hours and that's just for 1 toll gate, now its 2.

Those talking of the alternative roads have you used it before? The delay, traffic, unending curve etc and it was badly done so that people will get frustrated and jump to the main toll gate. The alternative roads are a ruse and the main aim is to squeeze people of Ajah to death. How motorists will cope now daily shelling out 600 daily per car is just inhuman and a third toll on that same road is being constructed. Has the toll gate really solved any of the Ajah lekki traffic experienced before its construction? I wonder if any Ajah resident is really happy about this trend. Now that Okadas have been banned, your forced to use your cars to pay this sum and buses are limited. It will definitely attract a higher bus fare and leave a typical Ajah resident in tears. Imagine calculating 600 Nairaland x 30 days for 1 car talk less of having another car for the mom to pick up school kids. Haba, lets be reasonable nah! And you want corruption or inflation to end?

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Nairaland / General / Re: Nominations For Moderator Of The Year 2012 by lawyer(m): 1:14pm On Dec 03, 2012
I want my crown back in 2013 grin
Celebrities / Re: I Don't Blame Women Who Wish Their Mother Inlaws Were Dead ..actress Mercy Aigbe by lawyer(m): 10:11am On Dec 02, 2012
Very stupid and daft statement to make! No problem, her future daughter in law will wish her dead before she marries her son! angry

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Properties / Re: Lagos Real Estate/ Omonile Land Scams Exposed! Learn how not to be Conned by lawyer(m): 4:08am On Nov 26, 2012
3. THE OTHER BIG PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT LAND HERE/ BAALE IS THE SOLE OWNER OF THE LANDS SCAMS (ALL NA BIG LIE!) grin

How many of you that have either bought lands or intend to buy lands have heard this famous scamming line: ‘ A LOT OF BIG PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT LAND HERE’ or ‘ SO MANY BIG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HAVE THEIR LANDS HERE’ or ‘ SHELL OR MTN COOPERATIVE HAVE BOUGHT SO MANY HECTARES OF LAND HERE FOR THEIR STAFF’ etc grin

Naturally when you hear something like this, you feel very comfortable and you want to buy a land because they tell you that your proposed neighbor is a staff of cheveron or probably the special adviser to the commissioner has 3 lands here or has built his house there and has perfected his papers, but there is a problem with this statement! How come they haven’t shown you any of the so called big men that bought lands there or contacted with you with Etisalat Cooperative head that bought the so called lands for their staffs or shown you the documents that the Government Official that bought lands there has perfected? ( All na story story to coerce you to pay for the land without due diligence) undecided

A Popular ploy is to employ this tactic when they see the buyer is either in a haste to buy, or anxious to secure the land. Its when they see the client is apprehensive that he might lose the land if he doesn’t pay now to become close neighbours with the Conoil cooperative people that the Omonile or dodgy agent comes up with the real kill, which is telling you that the land for sale belongs to the Baale of the community.

The aim of telling you that all lands belongs to the Baale is to give you that false sense of security that the lands are under the security of a Community ruler. The truth is that most of these Omoniles go around scouting for lands that have been unattended to or prime lands in choice locations that have been abandoned. Because they know they don’t have the capacity to convince you that they are the owners of the land due to the fact that they cannot produce receipts or documents to prove ownership, they now tell you that the land belongs to the Baale. They know you don’t have the audacity to start questioning the bale about the genuiness of the property and if he says yes he is the owner, then his word is law and acceptable.

The truth is that the Baale might not even know where the land is located. All he is interested in is the money to sign your documents that he will pocket and the probable foundation fees but he will direct you to pay the money to the Omonile that showed you the land and that you have no problems that your covered with him. That’s the ultimate false sense of security. You end up purchasing the land based on the recommendation of the Baale’s security and when the true owner comes up to take his land, wahala will start. The best the Baale will do for you is send his thugs to go and beat up the workers of the true owner but after you involve the law or police they will back off totally and leave you to your fate. They will deny your existence or that deal until they finally agree to relocate you to a less desirous place after they have accepted they took your money when the police steps in.

At the end of the day, you wont see any cooperative owner of land or big commissioner as your neighbor but staring at real time land hustlers who have just conned you off your money.

TRUE STORY:

This happened early this year at Ikorodu. A Nairalander saw a piece of land at Ikorodu GRA Extension. Now he didn’t do any search what so ever and the Omoniles took him to a place adjacent to that GRA Extension and told him that the adjoining land belongs to staffs of MTN cooperative and they intend to buy more. He was so happy that he decided to pay Land and asked them who owned it. They told it all the lands there belonged to the Baale of the town and they took him to their Baale’s palace. The Baale bamboozled him that he was the owner and that he even was the one that sold the government land to the government so there was no worry, that’s how he paid on the spot N2Million through a check to be cashed over board and the Omoniles gave him a clean bill of health to start work.

4 months later as he decided to do something there, he found another person doing a foundation there, he attacked the person and found out that it was the same Baale that sold that land to the new person the second time. The once charming and supportive Baale changed into a Viper and started evading our fellow nairalander. After almost 5 months of evasion to collect his money back, he decided to call me and I took the matter straight with the Police. Upon investigation, we found out that the Baale did not even know anything about the land in question or had even seen it. He was just a lackey the Omoniles used to obtain money from the Buyer. Efforts to locate the Omoniles afterwards have proved elusive and he cannot lay claim to the land because the Baale also sold the land fraudulently to the second buyer. He has lost both the money and the Land. The Baale has been set free by the police and he is still going around reselling people’s abandoned lands and passing it off as his own.

QUICK TIP TO AVOID THIS SCENARIO:

Never be bamboozled by big talk of sellers or agents claiming that a lot of big people stay there. Ask them to give you contacts of the big people that stay there and immediately you will see their faces change with such displeasure and shock that you had the audacity to ask. Immediately story will change. If it was true that big men stayed there, they should be willing to take you there to meet the person or show you copies of his perfected documents

Also when they take you to a Baale, please do not be intimidated after the initial courtesies and respect. The fact that he is taking your money for land has reduced him to a business man and not an Overlord. Quiz him to the last. The more he gets reclusive, angry, irritated and generally feeling uncomfortable with the questions realize something funny is going on and that’s your cue to get lost or forever hold your peace and see your cash drift away. If you cant do it, contact me or a property lawyer. Don’t take things for granted when it comes to issues like this or you will cry later.

I will write 2 more popular scams later in the day to make SCAM 4 AND SCAM 5 so stay tuned and bookmark this page. I have over 50 scams I have encountered in land issues in Lagos alone that I intend to share so that you don’t fall victims of these unscrupulous land swindlers. Right now let me go cut my birthday because your favourite Omonile Lawyer is a Year Older today. I pray God gives me the strength to continue exposing these bad thing these Omoniles are doing and help people save millions of Naira through these expose. smiley Cheers

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Properties / Re: Lagos Real Estate/ Omonile Land Scams Exposed! Learn how not to be Conned by lawyer(m): 4:00am On Nov 26, 2012
2. THE COURT JUDGMENT LAND SCAM

In fact I can’t count how many people have fallen for this type of Land Scam tire in Lagos. The general rule is that if there is a dispute on a land, the best way to solve a problem is by going to court. The court now gives a judgment on the land and depending on the dispute at hand, the case might go to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court and it might take years before judgement is given in their favour.

Now Swindling Omooniles have also devised a method of duping unsuspecting buyers of land by brandishing Court judgments in their favour to show that they own title to land and with that judgment they can sell the land without any fear or favour. Buyers glance through the judgment and they see the heading ‘IN THE HIGH COURT OF LAGOS STATE LAGOS DIVISION’ etc and see court stamps and signature of a judge plus the date of the judgment and conclude instantly that the land is a good land and they buy it based on that judgment they have seen. A few months later they see another court process that the land is under dispute at the Appeal court and Mr X Y Z is the true owner of the land based on the Appeal court decision. The Buyer runs mad, begins to run here and there to clarify what this new judgment means and the Omooniles of the land have either run away or start speaking gibberish that they will take the case to court or settle out of court but your money is gone and your wondering what the hell has just happened.

Well this is what happens most of the time that the Land Scammers do:

1. They realize that there is a land dispute going on and they rush to court to get an injunction order or an order of court concerning that land. ‘A COURT ORDER IS NOT A JUDGMENT’ They are 2 different things. The Order is to prevent and issue from occurring for the meantime till the whole case has been settled or an Order for something to be carried out based on the court’s request concerning a particular issue not the whole case in front of the court and Court Orders could come in various forms .

2. The Omoonile see the Court Orders and start brandishing it as a Court Judgement and an unsuspecting buyer views the Court order with a naked eye and is satisfied.

3. In most situations the Court Orders are newly obtained so they always refer to the date to show that they own possession and the court has given them ‘JUDGMENT’ Meanwhile the real case is still in court o!

4. The buyer is happy that the court has even stepped in to protect them, so he can buy. Tomorrow he gets a Court summon that he has been joined as a party to the Court case or Suit as a trespasser and the Omooniles are no where to be found.

5. Another format is to truly obtain a HIGH COURT JUDGEMENT and start brandishing it around that they have won the case concerning that land. In fact they are so confident with that high court case judgement that they dare anyone to challenge its validity.

6. What they do not tell you is that, that case in now at the Court of Appeal and the judgment could sway between those parties in dispute.

7. These Omooniles are so smart because they get expert advise from some lawyers that their case might not hold water and their high court judgment might be thrown out on Appeal. On hearing that, they become aggressive in their marketing strategies to make sure they sell all their lands quickly based on that High Court Judgment and when wahala comes they are no where to be found and your left to deal with the true owner.

8. The worst case scenario is actually forging a Supreme Court Judgment and brandishing it around as an authentic judgment and when the Buyer sees Supreme Court, they already feel comfortable but it is a forged document from A-Z

What is common in all these stories is that the Buyer failed to do one thing. Investigate it undecided. For Christ sakes, an Omoonile or Agent gives you a court document as proof of ownership of land and you refuse to give a lawyer to go an confirm its authenticity? I don’t pretend to be an Architect or Surveyor just because am conversant with Land issues? A professional is a professional. Contact them to investigate deeper concerning this Court Orders or Judgment so that they can advise you properly. Buyers don’t want to spend money for search but they are always ready to pay millions for a land when the basic N50,000 can save you millions.

TRUE STORY:

I Have a plethora of stories like this that I have encountered over the years but this one I want to tell you takes the Cherry.
A Nairalander Alhaji Rasheed whom I have become very very close friends with told me about a land he intended to buy at Maryland and he told me about it. Because Alhaji knows the way I operate, he didn’t waste time to drill the Sellers about the Documents they have and they were more concerned about selling their land at Maryland for N10Million per plot. They told him they have a Court Judgement that has granted them the land with a survey and the main person he should deal with was the family secretary of the Onigbongbo family.

When Alhaji told me about it I was skeptical and wanted to know more. The secretary of the family came to drop the judgment at my office and I studied it carefully and noticed the following defects:

1. It was a 1967 judgement that gave the land to the onigbongbo family as original settlers

2. The judgment had no survey plan to map out the area that belonged to the Onigbongbo family, so how do you know which area it falls under?

3. There was no no court stamp on it of the judge or judges that gave the judgment

4. It wasn’t registered as a certified true copy from the courts records

5. In 2012, some people are claiming to be descendants of the onigbongbo family based on a supreme court judgment obtained in 1967? ( Where is the proof of that lineage or descendants)

6. Are they telling me that since 1967, there has being no court case on that land and everybody that bought land from there, derived title from the 1967 supreme court judgment without them obtaining a C/O?

7. I Asked for the survey plan of that area and they brought me a new Survey plan dated September 2012 covering that supreme court judgment.

Now for a neutral buyer, these documents look new but the above questions raise a lot of dusts that cannot be answered and I trust Alhaji Rasheed. As soon as I gave him my search report, he begin to fire them and backed out of the deal. If Alhaji Rasheed had behaved like some people I know and claim to be experts on landed documents without seeking professional advice, that’s how N10Million would have just sunk into the drain without any head or tail. (What am I even saying sef, Alhaji would just break my Neck . . . No stories) lol

QUICK TIP TO AVOID THIS SCENARIO:

Any time you see the owner of a land produce a court judgment as his title, spend that money to do a conclusive search unless you would just lose your money and buy an on going law suit. Don’t do Ijebu, spend that money to contact a property lawyer to do a proper search and save yourself millions of Gbese Naira smiley
Properties / Re: Lagos Real Estate/ Omonile Land Scams Exposed! Learn how not to be Conned by lawyer(m): 3:54am On Nov 26, 2012
1. THE LAND UNDER ACQUISITION FOR A SPECIAL DEDICATED PURPOSE SCAM:

This Scam is very rampant especially in Rural Lagos such as in areas like Alimosho, Epe, Egbe, Ikotun, Ifako, Alakukuo, Iba, Iyana paja, Ikorodu, Igbogbo, Ayobo, Badagry and some areas in Ibeju Lekki etc.

The simple gist about this kind of Land Scam is that the Government based on different regimes past have ear marked some projects in some of these areas that they intend to execute in future. For example proposed bridges, schools, government housing schemes, museums, pottery villages, cemeteries or buildings of national or state importance and have allocated hectares of land for this huge projects from these communities. At times the government uses its power to take these lands off these communities based on certain reasons best known to them but in almost all situations they compensate the community they took these lands from and warn them to stay clear off these lands.

Well we all know the way thing work in Nigeria. The government might acquire these hectares of Land but information about the location of the land might be very sketchy and they might not even fence it. But being a Government land it has been recorded in their system and whenever a new administration decides its time to look into that project as a priority they now go and acquire their lands but one thing the Government always does is to put various sign boards around warning people that the land has been acquired by the government and trespassers should beware of the land.

But this is what these Land Scammers would do next:

1. They will monitor for months the frequency of government officials that come around to view the lands if they are still secure and wait till the vists become less regular.

2. They will now send their boys to go and remove the signboards at night one by one so that you won’t know where the government land starts or ends.

3. They begin to parade and patrol these areas as owners of the land and claim it belongs to their community

4. You are desperate for a land and you don’t do due diligence or call a lawyer versed in land search to carry out a thorough investigation and you end up paying for the land.

5. You will enter 1 chance because the land wasn’t theirs in the first place, you can’t build on it, you can’t recover your money because they are rouges and finally your house will be demolished compulsorily because you had no right to be there in the first place because that government school has been zoned to be on that land by fire or by force.

TRUE STORY:

A Woman called me last year to help her do a search for her after she read some of my blogs on Nairaland. Funny enough her husband was already quarreling with her for delaying the payment for a land an omoonile took them to view a land around Igando side to buy and that the land was a virgin land and they has been no dispute on the land either legally or personal. After discussing the price, they said they should go and pay the money to the Baale since the land belongs to him and the Omoonile stated that no other person has been on the land apart from the Baale’s descendants. She was very curious because they just kept pointing to the land from afar without giving them a full tour of the land but they kept on haranguing her pay quickly because other people were also interested in the land.

When she later called me, I asked her if a surveyor has gone to take the coordinates of the land to chart it, she said no because she didn’t have any surveyor and contracted me to go and do the search. I called the Omoonile and pretended I was the brother of the woman who was actually the one who was to pay on her behalf and I was carrying N3Million cash to pay them. The Baale said he will personally meet me to collect the money. He was dressed in his full Baale Regalia when I got to his palace and with his other chiefs ready to divide N3Million. I told them I wanted to see the land personally and they told me since ‘my sister has already seen it there was no point again’ I told them no that I want to take pictures for my architect and the reluctantly agreed. On getting to the site I was advised not to walk into the bush because of snakes but after I pay they will cut the grass properly for me to see my land. I told them ok and told my other colleague to write them a cheque and discuss money matters with the. That check matter distracted them while I ventured into the land to look around to try and see if I could see any beacon number or foundation on the land to query them. I saw something better. A Big sign showing the proposed NYSC Permanent site and buyers should beware buried deep in to the ground. Can you imagine?

On further investigation I found out that there is presently a court battle between some community members and the lagos state government over that NYSC camp site. That’s how I shouted and started querying them that they are about to sell us a whole NYSC Camp land and some of them started speaking gibberish. Some just decided to walk away since they knew game was up, while one brandishing a matchet was just screaming that the land is theirs and government cannot take it from them blah blah. I now asked them why they didn’t tell us they were about to sell us NYSC camp land and he said its not his business to educate a buyer on the land to buy because that should be their lawyers job and that their own is to sell any land to collect their money till they tell them otherwise and if I don’t buy, another person that isn’t sharp or smart will buy and that’s how they bullied me to get out of that place.

QUICK TIP TO AVOID THIS SCENARIO:

1. If you’re going to visit a land for the first time before you call in the professionals such as me or a surveyor, make sure you walk through the whole land and check the 4 corners of the land to see if there is any beacon number or foundation or any object on it. Study the land well to see if any object has been removed. If your not sure, continue to ask the seller repeatedly why that land is vacant and what is prompting them to sell. 7 out of 10 times, if you continue to ask that question, you will get the same response but a fraudulent one will continue to change his story or add new hidden details that is worth checking out before you commit that money.

Bottomline Shine your eye well well before you go and throw away your money to buy Government Land. Fashola no go pity you o!

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Properties / Lagos Real Estate/ Omonile Land Scams Exposed! Learn how not to be Conned by lawyer(m): 3:49am On Nov 26, 2012
Following these Nairaland Property Articles https://www.nairaland.com/859159/2011-land-property-scams-swindles and https://www.nairaland.com/595696/land-fraudsters-tricks-learnt-2010 , I have received some threatening phone calls and emails from a lot of unscrupulous Agents, Omooniles and even some Property developers in Lekki and Mowe/Ofada Axis accusing me of interfering into their property sales and discouraging new buyers from buying their defective and problematic lands filled with all sorts of issues.

These crooked Swindling fraudulent Land Sharks cheat people daily and sow the seed of suspicion in the minds of future Land buyers and are continuously hovering and revolving around the property market, looking for big spending Victims to take advantage of. As long as you have money to invest, whether it is N200,000 for a plot of Land or N20Million your spending, there is someone out there trying to trick you out of it. These are criminally minded people who actually don’t know Jack about the business process of the Real Estate industry but they use fraudulent lands as source to extract money from victims.

With this in mind I am starting this very important thread to teach people about some of the types of Land Scams I have encountered in the last 5 years based on the deluge of requests for property/ Land searches I have been receiving daily from potential buyers who know people that have been hustled or scammed badly with respect to Lands or properties they tried to buy in Lagos. Most of them walked unknowing into these Land Transactions innocently without any form of suspicion that they were about to be hustled, deceived or scammed and I also encourage other people to write their own land scam stories to educate people too to avoid these scenarios in future and I will continue to update this thread with any new scam I encounter.

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Politics / Re: SSS On Omojuwa's Tail As He Calls For A Revolution (Pics) by lawyer(m): 6:18pm On Nov 16, 2012
omosexy1: Where is he? I hear the guy gets paid to tweet, am I correct? Gosh, if this is true then I believe he must be high on something.

Yes! He is so arrogant now that he believes he has the crowd! Someone was telling me the other day that he charges like N10,000 to mention your business via twitter! undecided

He is not even in power and he is collecting kickbacks for doing something charitable. The same people who follow him are the ones he is collecting tithes from to do pay per twit!

Can't wait for his revolution! Lol he is already giving us signs what his own definition of a revolution should be. Actually I care bout him but I feel sorry for his followers who are still so blind to see beyond his motives. Once he has used them thoroughly he will just abandon them to heir fate

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Politics / Re: SSS On Omojuwa's Tail As He Calls For A Revolution (Pics) by lawyer(m): 5:38pm On Nov 16, 2012
Coming from a guy who abused Arik to infinity as thieves because of an ipad he negligently misplaced on an Arik flight and after 3 months + of wailing and throwing his toys out of the pram by rentlessly insulting Arik, the same Arik called him aside, gave him a new ipad and he kept quiet. He is even going as far as praising Arik! Lol If Romney was accused as a Flip Flopper, then Omojuwa should be Romney's dad in flip flopping. He is the biggest hypocrite on the planet.

Today he is talking about a revolution and thrashing GEJ to shreds but once they call him aside, give him a house, car and make him a special adviser on twitter matters, story will change. He is just an attention seeker and I stopped following him after the Arik hypocrisy. I feel sorry for his followers on twitter because he is just using them to achieve his selfish motive. He isn't an activist and shouldn't pretend to be one. Activism isn't about making noise and shaking the enemy's hands at the back, its about real change in leadership. Omojuwa is in it for material things especially if CPC does well. He doesn't care about you. He used his followers to get a new ipad and 3/4 of his followers am sure dont have one! So what did they gain joining him to abuse Arik? If he wants a revolution, he should start it and be at the front line and we would follow him. Shebi that's what activism is all about? Gani, oshimole, Falana, frank Kokori, Fasheun, Mko etc led the front line and we followed them, oya omojuwa, carry the gun and shoot first and we would follow you, rather than you leading a revolution from your bedroom via twitter.

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Family / Re: Conditions For Divorce In Christianity, and [Some Legal] Grounds for Annulment by lawyer(m): 3:09pm On Nov 08, 2012
lawyer: What of if a man continuously beats his wife or his wife is verbally abusive to the extent of making him insane, they shouldn't divorce abi because the bible didn't say so?

charlsecy4:


They can divorce, but shouldn't remarry to other persons. The only option is reconciliation.



Common wisdom should tell you that a marriage entered into using, say, deceit, force, is not ordained by GOD. Can you marry your blood relation, say, your sibling?



You have said what you, yourself, know is not true!





Please, quickly read Matthew 5:31-32.


What a load of tripe! Where is it written in the bible that they shouldn't remarry again if a woman is verbally abuses and they divorce? That's how you guys twist the bible to interprete it in your own daft ways and unsuspecting readers will be totally brainwashed due to your views? So it's permissible for a man to beat his wife senselessly for years and to divorce but not marry another person? Until they reconcile? People should be weary of you! If you end up being a pastor I fear what your followers will turn to and do? You have no fact either biblical or legally to support your claims and its best people ignore you because your nothing but a wind up muppet trying to propagate false teachings
Family / Re: Conditions For Divorce In Christianity, and [Some Legal] Grounds for Annulment by lawyer(m): 1:01pm On Nov 08, 2012
What of if a man continuously beats his wife or his wife is verbally abusive to the extent of making him insane, they shouldn't divorce abi because the bible didn't say so? And they are both Christians? undecided The real world takes precedent nowadays and human behavior is evolving that repels people and biblical laws didn't foresee most of these modern day immorality or sins, that's why the State law on separation or divorce should take precedent over biblical laws today.

For example, what if the man is a serial child molester or pedophile? Must she stay with such a man because the bible didn't state that's a reason? What if she is a gold digger and out to ruin her husband based on her selfishness, should the man still stay with her when its obvious she is out to destroy him?

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Foreign Affairs / Re: Femi Fani-Kayode Labels Obama as Anti-Christ by lawyer(m): 6:06pm On Nov 04, 2012
Does Fani know that when Americans refer to you as a FANNY, it means a Cu***nt and that's exactly what Fani or Fanny is with this drivel and dross he has written about Obama! What a FANNY angry

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