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Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by Whois(m): 5:54am On Nov 19, 2025
Depends on the family that owes the land/house. I remember at a time late Buhari declared his assets, he said he have landed property in Port Harcourt but he can't trace it yet.

Shey Na Buhari family you won tell this b.s. say you're the new owner because you've lived there more than 12years grin
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by RevenuesBoost(f): 6:03am On Nov 19, 2025
Wow
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by Bluntemperor: 6:10am On Nov 19, 2025
GanagiBitrus:
If you succeed in acquiring someone's house for free, you are a THIEF.
Good thing he acknowledged existence of supernatural forces beyond legality, that can fight against you.
ahaaaa 😂🤣
Wonderment 😄😅😂!
The Lawyer go get Sango olukoso,etc for defense o!
Another man's property, without his consent, you de play ⏯️ ni!
Seun I beg is too early 🌽 🧐
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by ericmor: 6:39am On Nov 19, 2025
saphiere:
Ok

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Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by Goodlady(f): 6:43am On Nov 19, 2025
Celebrityblog:
How many houses has he acquired for free? 😂 🤣
This got me laughing so hard that my bf was like Wetin happen?
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by Agugbadin: 7:07am On Nov 19, 2025
Let us know which part of the country this lawyer comes from,his tribe and name.Then check for mental fitness.
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by samwash(m): 7:12am On Nov 19, 2025
What about those government abandoned buildings and land, if I can posses the land and build for Twelve to fifteen years, I will now become the new owner of the property.
I will use this method on the government.
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by peleson1: 7:29am On Nov 19, 2025
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by AlphaTaikun: 7:38am On Nov 19, 2025
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by MrUchenna1(m): 8:23am On Nov 19, 2025
Coming from a chatgpt lawyer.... Ndi go to court.
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by darediamond(m): 8:38am On Nov 19, 2025
dawnomike:
Try that with my property and you'll know that there are diverse versions of this world grin
Oluwa ooo!
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by Heffalump(m): 8:48am On Nov 19, 2025
Stayingalive:
The law is real o. Aside from restricted government region, always use a land bought else someone else can take it if you abandon it. It is legal and 12 years is the minimum year occupancy without challenge to be claimed
So, I can come to your community and inhabit a portion of land for free and after 12 years, I then claim legal ownership and indegeneship at the same time? If so, why are they evacuating Igbos from Lagoshuhhuh
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by movisgeorge(m): 10:04am On Nov 19, 2025
Charge and Bail Lawyer has spoken grin
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by Lawalemi(m): 10:55am On Nov 19, 2025
Weyrey everywhere grin
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by GanagiBitrus: 11:10am On Nov 19, 2025
Stayingalive:
No they are not. The law is to ensure people don’t buy land and abandon it or horde land and not use it
Dear Mr Stayingalive,
Know it today; if you can successfully acquire someone's house for free without his consent, you are a big THIEF.
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by wamide042(m): 11:11am On Nov 19, 2025
Heffalump:
His law school certificate should be withdrawn for posting this nonsense. Charge and bail lawyer.
No.. he is actually right i just checked now in Land Law..
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by pipnator00(m): 12:10pm On Nov 19, 2025
The unfortunate thing is that, he is actually correct. The law of adverse possession is applicable in Nigerian.
Which is the reason, when you rent out your property or allow a relative to live in your property, ensure the person pays rental, no matter how small. Also, ensure to document the payment as evidence else if he/she stays in your property for up to 8years without making any rental payment, he/she may approach the court for the transfer of your property to him/her on the basis of adverse possession.
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by okezuoemmanue(m): 12:15pm On Nov 19, 2025
House wey dey unoccupied for that long na hunt house ooo
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by Stayingalive: 1:10pm On Nov 19, 2025
GanagiBitrus:
Dear Mr Stayingalive,
Know it today; if you can successfully acquire someone's house for free without his consent, you are a big THIEF.
In your own law book. I agree
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by Stayingalive: 1:12pm On Nov 19, 2025
Heffalump:
So, I can come to your community and inhabit a portion of land for free and after 12 years, I then claim legal ownership and indegeneship at the same time? If so, why are they evacuating Igbos from Lagoshuhhuh
Did you hear the word abandoned property?
It’s not same as you stayed in landlord house for 12 years and claim it. There must be evidence that it was abandoned and you must have evidence of occupancy and taking care of that place for about 12 years.

So your question does not apply here and therefore no answer
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by Mrexcell(m): 5:53pm On Nov 19, 2025
pigmania:
Funny guy, is he also saying that all legal documents would be irrelevant?
Do u mind the slowpoke he didn't even state how the person who wants to steal the house or land is going to present the documents that will prove in court that he has indeed lived in the property for up to 12yrs that's even if there's anything of such in nigeria's property laws.
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by cyberbro: 7:10pm On Nov 19, 2025
FreeIgboho:
You people sef. All these people doing worse on a daily, how many have "they" don kpai? All these armed robbers and kidnappers and politicians and lawyers
Don't worry, when you take someone's property for which they laboured, you will understand better...

Whether they would watch you eat their sweat or kpai you spiritually, you will know by then. You go first dey cough, you go think say na COVID 😷😷

Later you go dey hear voices, masquerade go dey pursue you for dream... Every night you go dey chop cane, dey wake up dey sweat, you go dey see marks for your body.

Na you go use ur hand return key to the owner.
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by femi4: 7:57pm On Nov 19, 2025
Yinmu...theory tinz
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by FreeIgboho: 5:17am On Nov 21, 2025
cyberbro:
Don't worry, when you take someone's property for which they laboured, you will understand better...

Whether they would watch you eat their sweat or kpai you spiritually, you will know by then. You go first dey cough, you go think say na COVID 😷😷

Later you go dey hear voices, masquerade go dey pursue you for dream... Every night you go dey chop cane, dey wake up dey sweat, you go dey see marks for your body.

Na you go use ur hand return key to the owner.
I don't know why people like you don't reason like this:
Reason say in that case people like Tinubu go don kpai long ago. Buhari would have kpai his first term. All.these child molesters and robbers and land grabbers go don kpai finish. The only thing that ever kpai them is someone shoots them or sentences them like MNK
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by Stayingalive: 11:14pm On Nov 30, 2025
Mrexcell:
Do u mind the slowpoke he didn't even state how the person who wants to steal the house or land is going to present the documents that will prove in court that he has indeed lived in the property for up to 12yrs that's even if there's anything of such in nigeria's property laws.
This laws are everywhere o, una nor dey read, document for land you abandoned for 12 years. you go just dey talk like person wey smoke
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by Mrexcell(m): 9:45am On Dec 01, 2025
Stayingalive:
This laws are everywhere o, una nor dey read, document for land you abandoned for 12 years. you go just dey talk like person wey smoke
If there's really anything like that it's just academics on paper and not implementable in reality no records of anyone in nigeria loosing their landed properties to total strangers after abandoning it for decades. Which nigeria in his right mind will even have the boldness to start the process of legally claiming another man's property just because he or she has lived there unchallenged for over 10yrs?
Re: How To Legally Acquire A House For Free In Nigeria – Lawyer Explains (Photos/Vid by Stayingalive: 6:20pm On Dec 01, 2025
Mrexcell:
If there's really anything like that it's just academics on paper and not implementable in reality no records of anyone in nigeria loosing their landed properties to total strangers after abandoning it for decades. Which nigeria in his right mind will even have the boldness to start the process of legally claiming another man's property just because he or she has lived there unchallenged for over 10yrs?
It is not just a Nigeria law. It’s in almost every law the fundamental reason is to prevent hoarding and wastage of land resources .

If you’re an authority, would you allow people get lands in your country/state and abandon it for 12 years without any activity?

Now imagine such location is in a very marketable area.

No it is not same as land grabbing, it only applies once there is a prove of abandonment
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