ELEVEN DOCUMENTS THAT MAKES YOU LEGAL OWNER OF THAT LAND
Once upon a time, our forefathers bought plots of land from their colleagues or community members without a receipt. All they needed was a witness. From there, a written transfer of ownership and a witness were needed, but today, everything has completely changed. In fact, a receipt is no longer enough to prove an ownership of a piece of land in a competitive city like Lagos. Some Of The Reasons For This Isn’t Far-Fetched : The economic value placed on land has gone beyond what we knew it to be; Anyone could forge and manipulate a receipt and dupe an investor Forging of land receipt is common phenomenon among omo-onile (land grabbers) in Lagos. It has happened severally in the past and hundreds of prospective real estate investors have lost millions of naira. Pathetically, this ugly incidence may continue if you don’t know the land documents that give you the legal ownership of a property in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city. So, what are the land documents to know before buying land in