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I once wrote this article on a Nigerian forumwww.nairaland.comin 2012 and it went viral

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successful in a land purchase.

I am exposing this because I have also been a victim of terrible and wicked surveyors who

would go to any length to lie, cheat and produce fake Survey plans having issues hereby

leading to so many land purchase atrocities, problems or wahalas.

In fact the number one land problem in Lagos today isnt the famed Omoniles as we all

choose to believe but very dangerous and dodgy surveyors. Most of them paradingthemselves as Surveyors are Quacks and not registered Surveyors and they collude

actively with Omoniles and Land fraudsters to cause mayhem.

They distort survey plans, forge signatures, steal (Free from Acquisition)

Stamps, Fabricate square meters to make it look big but by the time they

measure it its some hundred meters short, they fail to put the beacon

numbers on the floor to reflect the points where the property starts and

stops, they create fictitious existing roads and generally destroy the plan of

the whole community.

The greatest crime these surveyors do is to carry out fake coordinatesand that to me

kills the potential buyer. Naturally a surveyor should take coordinates of the area using

their GPS machine and compare it with the master plan obtainable at the Surveyor

generals office, instead these Terrible surveyors bank on the ignorance of

everyone, take fake coordinates and tell you it is free from acquisition and we

accept it without asking questions. By the time land buyers take their documents to

the Land Bureau registry for their Governors consent or Ratification, you will get a letter

from the Land Bureau registry querying it and stating that the property is not free fromGovernment acquisition or that a land which ordinarily should be located in Ogombo will be

showing Ibeju Lekki on the master survey plan at the Land Bureau registry. The truth

here too is that we the buyers also encourage these dodgy survey ors to do a lot of

fraudulent things because we dont pay their search money or do the proper thing like

obtaining Land information to show the true status of the property.

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Example of a GPS that a Surveyor takes to the site to check the coordinates ofa land to know whether its a Good or Bad Land. Avoid using quack or dubious

surveyors who use this GPS to still lie and deceive Purchasers of Land

I have been involved countless times on behalf of clients who are not ready to pay lets say

N30,000 to a surv eyor to do a proper search result and document it from their office.

They will rather give the surveyor N3,000 for fuel and they expect the surveyor to give

them a proper result for a property worth over N1Million Naira. Even me sef, Una de pay

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me well to do search? How do you expect to get the best result when you dont remunerate

the professionals very well?

Another set of people I should blame is the Office of the Surveyor Generalfor not

simplifying things to make people have easy access to having the land information

properly endorsed from their office. They tell you that before you can get a land

information, you must do the survey plan first which could cost up to N150,000 or more

and after which you can now apply for the Land information certificatewhich is

around the N30,000 to N50,000 mark but am not too sure about the current price.

Major question now is, what if the land is under acquisition and the surveyor makes a

mistake after they have spent N150,000 PLUSto do a survey plan since there is nothing

like a provisional survey plan, Do you get a refund? How many survey plans will you

continually spend money on before you get a Land information certificate?

If all the lands youre going to search all fall within Government acquisition

and are deemed not free, who absolves the cost? E.g you do like 4 searches to buy a

land at Eleko and all the 4 survey plans all show they are not free or committed lands and

you have spent almost N600,000 to do survey plans and the land is worth N1Million,

would it encourage you to buy lands? This is just part of the insensitivity of Government

policy makers who are content on making people pay more and not care about the costs of

the search. Thats why people will continue to use these Quack surveyors and pray youre

dealing with a registered approved God fearing survey or who has your interest at heart.

Some people will say the surveyor should take the coordinates from the land and go

personally to the survey or Generals office to cross check. Question:How would you

know he crossed checked it properly? Because the Client did not pay them properly

through mobilization to do the search and secondly most of them have the software of

Coordinates of the whole Lagos on their computers and they do the mapping there, they

will ust com are the coordinates with the ones on their s stem and for et that since its a

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software, its being upgraded everyday.

So what might be free today, might be rev oked tomorrow and its only at the survey or

generals office they can confirm authoritatively.

I myself have been a victim of 3-4 lands not because of some silly greedy Omoniles but

because of dodgy surveyors and fraudulent survey plans and thats why I had to almost

give up doing searches until I met a new God fearing Registered Surveyor and for the past

one year I have been grateful to God for meeting her. She helped me expose most of the

fraudulent things her colleagues have been doing to people and things to watch out for and

I have taken my time to money to educate you guys about the pros and cons of a survey

plan and what you should watch out for and I will give you some practical experiences I

have encountered so as to guide and aid you to avoid making the same mistakes a lot of

Nigerians including Yours truly have encountered in the hands of these Dodgy Surveyors.

P. S : For the avoidance of doubt, I am not attacking the Surveying Profession. It is a

Profession filled with honorable people and they have an Institute of Nigerian Surveyorsthat regulates them. Only deal with REGISTERED SURVEYORS AND ASK FOR

THEIR CREDENTIALS. No credential, Not registered, No business, No Search!!!!

1. T he first thing you have to look out for in a survey plan is the Name. An example or

illustration of a survey plan with the name is below. Without that name the whole survey

plan is a problem. A simple spelling mistake of the name can nullify the whole survey plan

and its v ery important to make sure you look at the name properly before accepting it

from the surveyor.

CASE STUDY: PROBLEM WITH SURVEY PLAN NAME:

A land buyer approached a Seller WHOSE NAME WAS MR BOLA JACKSONwho wanted

to buy a land and ordinarily asked him for the survey plan so that he could do his checks to

confirm whether it was free. When the buyer got to the Surveyor generals office to check

whether the red copy has been placed, he found another person having the name MR

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BALAJACKSON (Notice the difference in names between Bola and Bala) who bought

land in the same area and Bala Jackson had registered his own. Apparently the Omoniles

had discovered this error and did not alert the true owner of the land Mr BOLAJackson

and the owner himself did not spot it.

It was very difficult for Mr BOLAJackson to do a change of name correction and even

prove he was the owner of the land. The mental stress and anguish the Seller faced during

that period was unimaginable because once the name has been lodged in the data base or

original list as the true owner of the survey, it automatically means all other documents

must follow the same pattern because of that name problem and it automatically leads to

identity theft or false misrepresentation of that person.

As for the survey or,e don run go since (Disappeared) and the real Mr. Bola had to spend

money again to redo the survey plan in his name and pay other fees to rectify that simple

error before he could attempt to resell the land. So once you see the slightest spelling error

in the name from a Survey Plan, be very adamant that the surveyor gets the spelling

correct unless it could pose problems for you. The Quack Survey ors are v ery good with

this because they do things rush rush without thinking and are only concerned about the

money they are ripping off from you.

See the Image below to see a copy of a Survey plan with the sample name on it

(REAL NAME HIDDEN TO PROTECT PRIVACY OF THE PERSON)

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The name of the Owner of the Survey Plan must be spelt out correctly. Errors must not be

tolerated.

2. The second thing you look out for in a survey plan is the Registered Sealof the

Survey or who did the Survey plan. Without this Seal please dont ev en touch the surveyplan. Most of these quacks dont have the seal so they show unsuspecting land buyers

survey plans without it. The ones that think they are smart end up stealing the Seal of

their OGAS (Boss) But you wont see the registration number there. Always ask for the

Registration Card of the Surveyor and Check for the seal unless the whole survey plan is

defective.

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Check for the Registered Seal of the Surveyor embossed on the Survey Plan. No seal, noTouch!

3. The third thing you have to look out for in a Survey Plan is the Address. This is also

where you will find a lot of fraudulent things done by the surveyor and Omonile.

Because the Omoniles want to do something dodgy, they wont put the name of the street,
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Area or Local government correctly.

Imagine you seeing a Survey plan and the address written is (At Ajah) or ( At Isolo)!

Where is at Ajah? Ajah has over 100 towns and communities. So when the surveyor writes

(AT AJAH) Know there is a problem. The only permissible excuse for this is if the Land is

located in an Undeveloped area and there are no visible layouts or perimeter boundaries to

locate the area in question, then its permissible to just use that AT AJAH (But the adjoining

community must be added. E.g AT OKUN AJAH WITHIN AJAH IN ETI-OSA

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA.

The Omoniles use this Scam to hood wink people into buying wrong places they shouldnt

ordinarily buy. Because the person is interested in buying a good place they have not set

their eyes on, they fall victim of the survey plan and its mostly Nigerians living abroad

they use this scam for. ( Please Beware of them)

Also check properly for the Local Government Area written in the Survey plan unless it

could alter the whole thing. E.G BOGIJE Is in IBEJU LEKKI LOCAL GOVERNMENT And

not in ETI-OSA. If your survey plan shows that Bogije is in Eti-Osa local government orOgba is in Ojodu Local Government,it is a defective plan. Always know the local

government the Land is being located unless it will cost you.
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Learn to study the address that is on the Survey plan to know whether it makes sense or

corresponds with the area your buying!
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4. Fourthly one of the most important things in a survey plan is the Area or the size of

the land. This is one area these dodgy surveyors perform the most havoc to the

owner of the land.

Because they dont come with the proper tools to measure the land, they dont get the

exact square meters of a land. They either short change or unnecessarily add extra meters

to make it look larger than normal or fabricate corner pieces. This is where every

potential land owner must sacrifice time to visit the land when they are

measuring the land or send a representative.

Normally there is a surveying instrument they use to just get the square meters of the

coordinates after measuring it but I dont trust these boys. The old measuring tape is fine

by me. You will know exactly what youre getting. The only reason you shouldnt go there

is If you trust your surveyorApart from that, you must be there with him. One meter

reduced from your land will be added to another persons land and automatically youre

looking at a border dispute case.

There are a plethora of cases regarding this particular issue and I will tell you a classic that

occurred last year at ABIJO when i did a search for a Client.

CASE STUDY

After a rigourous search had been done on a land at ABIJO, I finally agreed that the land is

free from encumberance and the transaction should take place. I visited the site

unannounced the next day uncharacteristically and I studied the survey plan given to meand the one I just v isited. The survey plan was showing 729 SQUARE METERSand this

made the Seller say he is adding extra price to the Amount agreed for.

This price increment led to several quarrels and the man wasnt ready to bulge because his

surveyor told him it was more than a plot and a regular plot is above 600 SQUARE

METERS. I now told him we wanted to measure the land ourselves to get the true value of

the size AND that Led to another serious quarrel. But as soon as he saw the cheque book of

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the Client falling from her Bag who said she was willing to pay him on the spot once they

measure it, he agreed and after measuring it we got 512 Square meters. The Seller

almost ran mad. It was not even up to one full plot.We jejely (quietly)carried out 2

left legs and left the site(Lol)

The size of a land determines how much the land will go for and the amount of space

required putting up your building and the amount remaining for right of way/Set back.

Because of this, Dodgy surveyors collude with the owners of land to fraudulently

misrepresent the actual size of the land so that they can benefit from it financially from the

Seller. Also a false size of the land will change the way youre being assessed for your

Governors consent/ Building Approval, so you must be very vigilant about this so you

wont get duped by these people.
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The size of the land is very important. Make sure it is well measured before y ou do

anything on the land so that you wont shortchange yourself

5. Another Important part of the Survey plan that you must look out for is the Survey

Plan Number. This is a classic scam that some survey ors use to deceive people. They will

draw up the whole survey plan but conveniently hide the Survey Plan.Without a

survey plan number your survey is as good as useless. Your childs drawings are probably

worth more in Value than your survey plan.

Without that Survey plan number, it cannot be lodged at the survey or generals office for

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record purposes, it cannot be used to draft your agreement, it cannot be used to trace the

red copy and I cannot be used as evidence in court during a property law suit because its

defective from the start.

It is always at the lower right hand corner of a survey plan and because these dodgy

surveyors dont intend to lodge the red copy they end up not giving the survey a Survey

plan number. They will tell you they have lodged it but it hasnt been lodged because there

is no record file of it. Always check for the Survey plan number at first glance.


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Without the Survey Plan number, the Survey plan cannot be lodged at the Survey or

Generals office meaning there is no proof of the existence of that surv ey plan

6. This one is the koko of all the Survey plan scams you can think of and thats the Date

the Survey planwas made. This has been used to hoodwink thousands of buyers in

Lagos and when it matters the most they come up short. It is what is known as BACK-

DATING.

Naturally if a Survey plan is being done today it should show done on the 24th day of April

2012, but sometimes you see a very clean survey plan and you see done on the 25th day of

March 2001 and you wonder when was the land bought? When was the area given an

excision or C/O and what time did the place open up?

If you take this survey plan to the Surveyor Generals Office, YOU WONT SEE ANY

COPY OF THE LODGED SURVEY PLAN because it has been fraudulently backed


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COPY OF THE LODGED SURVEY PLANbecause it has been fraudulently backed

dated to make you believe it was done a long time ago but if you check well you will find out

that it was done just probably last year. This scam is well perfected with the Owner, the

Agent, Surveyor and Omonile to hood wink you into buying it. The ramifications of this

fraud are endless.

Case Study:

There was this land I had to do a search on and I asked for the receipt (Am so good atthese things now that I can detect the fraud from my office these days . . . lol )

The receipt was showing land bought in 1992. I said no wahala, what about the survey

plan? It was showing 1997. I said no wahala maybe the man did not have money to do the

survey that time. I then decided to ask for the gazette of the area and it was showing me

2007. I asked for the building plan he said he had but did not use it but it was showing

1995.

I asked him how he could draw a building plan before the survey, he started giving me the

greatestbulls**t storiesI have ever heard. Telling me about how he owned the land in1988 before the family gave him the receipt in 1992 and because he knew it was his land,

his brother who is an architect measured it himself and did the building plan in 1995 before

he had money to do the survey plan in 1997.

I agreed with him and quietly took the survey plan to the Surveyor generals office to

compare. The first person I saw there started laughing because he knew it was a backed

dated survey plan and told me not to worry myself because there wouldnt be any record

of it. He said if I probe further that survey plan must have been done 2 or 3 years ago so as

to coincide with the new gazette.

The dangers of a back dated survey plan is that it will bevery difficult to process your

papers to either get a C OF O or Governors Consent.Andwhen they find out and

you wont know the true history of the land because it could be another persons land

that they have stolen and are attempting to sell to you or have sold to youand

must have done a backdated survey to confuse people into thinking its an old property so

as to confuse you that its free from defect. Please shine your eyes here.


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Avoid back dated survey plans like a plague. It could lead you to serious problems.

7. Another thing you should always look out for when doing a survey search is to Look forthe Logo and Signature of the Registered Surveyor. Without the Signature and logo

of the person who drew up the survey plan, youre holding a dud document.

The logo usually carries their address and they must sign to provide the

authenticity of the survey plan.Please always look out for this unless youre dealing

with quacks, so that in case there is a problem with the survey, the registered surveyor

will assume full liability of the problem, but when you deal with a quack, how do you get

your money, land or proper survey? Does a quack surveyor have an address?

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No stamp of the surveyor, No Touch survey plan! Its that simple

8. A survey plan will always show the shape of the landand the existing road. The

shape of the land is very important as it will guide your architect on how to draw thestructure on the land properly and it also helps with the layout of the area so that nobody

encroaches on your own land.

Its very important to take note of that because Omoniles cash in when the existing road

are not properly drawn out. Thats when you hear Omoniles selling roads and

adjoining lands to other users because the land is not properly defined in the

survey.Always ask the Surveyor to show you personally where he derived the existing

road from and how it connects with your land. In fact tell the Owner of the Land to bring

out the layout of the whole land so that they can trace your land from there.
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The shape of a land plays a strong role in determining the authenticity of the Survey Plan

9. Another Survey Plan scam which is very important to note is the issue of Beacon

numbers. A Beacon is a small stone on a land used to separate the 4 or 5

corners of a land to differentiate it from another land. Its used as a boundary


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guide so as to erect your fence and with those beacons you can locate your land. On top of

the Stones are numbers written on it which can be found from the survey illustration

below.

These Beacon numbers are Unique to only you and no 2 lands can share the

same beacon numbersand its exactly what is written on the survey plan beacon

numbers that must be written on the Beacon stones.

This is where the art of Scamming comes in. Naturally the money paid to the

survey or isnt only for the drawing of the survey plan but also to purchase the Beacon

numbers/ Beacon stones from the Nigerian institute of Survey ors and only a registered

survey or can do that and after purchasing it.

Its the duty of the surveyor to go back to the Land to place the survey plan

personally to reflect what is on the Survey plan. (IMPORTANT)

Rather the dodgy ones will do the following:

1.Not pay for the beacon numbers and unilaterally fabricateBeacon numbers

2.Lie to you they have purchased the Beacon numbers and have lodged the Survey plan at

the Surveyor generals office but they havent released them to him because of certain

bureaucracies ( BIG LIE)Rather there is no beacon number purchased neither is there

any bureaucracy preventing it because they havent lodged anything so you cannot get a

Beacon number.

3. Tell you they have gone to the site to place the beacon numbers and when you get thereyou will discover there is none and he would tell you the Omoniles came to

remove the Beacons he placed thereand you will be forced to give him more money

to purchase new stones.

4. They will just place the Beacon stones there and not inscribe any number there.

Those are just plain useless stones for decoration.

5. They will place the Beacon stones there and inscribe rubbish or numbers that

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dont correlate because they know you wont bother to check. When the wahala

come Surv eyor don disappear.

6. The willbuy cement on their own and mix rubbish blocks. During rainy season,

the block will crumble and the numbers disappear.

7. Omoniles will always know a quack surveyor so they monitor his every move and when

he makes a mistake they will remove the beacons and tell every one that the land has beena jungle since and they are the real owners.

8. Sometimes the Omonile and Surveyor will just collude together and they will place

the beacons in a wrong landand you wont know until wahala show face.

Beacons are Very Importantand you shouldnt neglect them at all.Always go and

check whether they are still there or not and cross check with your survey

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Watch out for the Beacon numbers scam. It could either make or mar you!

10. And finally the mother of all Survey Plan Scams: Stamping and Non Stamping of

the Free from of Acquisition Logo or stamp.

Simply put, without this stamp your land is in trouble. Full stop.

Once you dont see it there, dont even bother buying it or looking at it twice because its a

problematic land. Most of these terrible and wicked Surveyors use this stamp to hoodwink

people. If the land is not free, they will stamp it as free to confuse you until you do a search

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and find out that the land is a committed land.

In fact there is one very notorious Popular Registered Surveyorwho has perfected

this scam so much and has put a quarter of Lagosians who have bought land in the

lekki/ Ajah axis in trouble ( name withheld and I will only tell you if youre a close

friend who he is). He wont v isit the land and will send his boys to go and draw out the

sketch. Because of money, whether the land is free or not, he will just stamp

free from acquisition on itand when wahala comes, it comes big time and its yourown headache.

Because of that, a lot of dodgy and quack surveyors patronize his office. He wont even look

at the survey plan, he will just demand N40,000 from them and automatically he will

release his stamp and signature and attest the survey plan. The bad part of it is that most

of these dodgy surveyors learnt this thing from him and have perfected it v ery well.

Because of his reputation, a lot of people have used his firm to do Survey plans and along

the line he became greedier and non chalant and today the surveyor generals office is still

sorting out his mess.

These quacks will go to any length to scam money from you by lying it is free after doing a

fictitious land search and just because they know you will give them the contract to do the

survey plan, they are just after your money first. So many people that have had their

houses demolished, revoked or stolen by Omoniles are as a result of this fraudulent

FREE FROM ACQUISITION STAMP. And by the time you know about it youre in

debt to the tune of millions and youre willing to dispose of the land immediately.

Even when you see the land is free from acquisition written on the surv ey plan, make sureinbs/pp;ts a Registered surveyor y ou trust so that he can put your mind to rest and once

you see on a Survey Plan, ( LAND UNDER GOVERNMENT ACQUISIT ION)

Better pick racebecause any fight between you and Government is a sure Loss in your

favour. Some people will still see LAND UNDER GOVERNMENT ACQUISITION

STAMPED ONIT with their Korokoro eyes and still buy the land.

Below are samples of Survey Plans that have Free from Government Acquisition Stamps

and the ones that do not have it hereby showing you which Survey plans have problems

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and the ones that do not.


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Study them carefully, TAKE OUT YOUR SURVEY PLANSand Compare. If its a

defective Survey Plan, start planning on the next action to take, unless it could come back

to haunt you. This is not one of those Clownish Articles. Take this very serious.

Hope you enjoyed this latest expose and please stop calling me to ask what a survey plan is

anymore. Its all here done and written in its simplest form. My only job is to try to educate

you on certain property issues I have encountered. Am not perfect and I dont want you to

experience the bad things I go through daily when am doing a search or transaction on

your behalf because it gets tiring and I need small help from you guys to make my own job

easier.

Do have a wonderful week and Stay sharp eyed against land fraudsters!

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Onyolu Sams on says:January 6, 2014 at 10:23 pm

lawyer, i appreciate the education. need to know- i have a survey plan (in delta state) that has all items

listed ok except for the free from govenment acquisation s tamp. he also s aid he has registered the plan with theappropriate agency. i as ked the surveyor why the stamp was not there, he said the s tamp is only stamped when

one goes for the C of O. is this true? and if no what s teps should i take to ensure he does the proper thing. i paid

him what he charge me, higher than others i s aw with the believe he is not fake/dubious.

secondly, i have another survey plan in Okokomaiko (ilogbo elegba area) but not sure if the plan is genuine as is

back dated from checking and dont believe its regis tered with the agency. what will it cost to do a new one? do i

need to do a search first, currently residing there with m y family in a three bedroom bongalow.

thanks while i expect your reply.

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RainbowJam says:

January 30, 2014 at 1:02 pm

Thanks for such detailed information on your website. I am a land Spons or and Speculator living abroad

and presently going through some painful renegotiations with the surveyor and the famil y. Knowledge is Power

and I wish I had seen your website before investing in Nigeria.

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Matthew Ottahsays:

January 30, 2014 at 2:08 pm

@rainbow jam

Sorry about that. There are still a lot of good surveyors on Nigeria

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Cece says:

February 25, 2014 at 9:04 am

Thanks a bunch Lawyer. Ive been following your incisive articles on Nairaland.

Just like Samson above, i pulled out my Survey plan for the two plots i bought in Enugu and

everything checks out, apart from free from govt acquisition stamp.

The land is still a new layout and undeveloped, but has been properly mapped out with beacons

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and road networks.

What is your advise?

regards.

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Makky says:April 9, 2014 at 1:00 pm

am a Land marketer in Port harcourt. i wish i can work with you but i doubt hw possible it will be

considering the distance.Port harcourt is a city where pple are very scared wen it comes to land i ssue if we would

have som eone lik u in portharcourt here it wil l help reduce the complicated or fears in buying land here.I write like

to u to s end this Article to my Email.Thanks for ur elightment.

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Pyday says:

May 5, 2014 at 8:05 pm

Hello Mr. Mathew, my surveyor just informed me right now that the chat on my land shows that my land is

within government acquis ition but is not committed.he said i can still get my C of O. but i have to tell a lawyer to do complete search of my land for me before i apply

for the C of O. I also want to let you know that my land is not in a develop area. Please can you give me your

opinion? Thanks in advace.

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Matthew Ottahsays:May 8, 2014 at 3:16 pm

@pyday

Your surveyor is not quite correct. If its under Government acquisition and not committed, you are entitled to

get a regularization document not a C of O. Cheers

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babatunde Ogunnowo says:May 13, 2014 at 3:53 pm

NICE WRITE UP IS THE FREE FROM GOVERNMENT ACQUSITION REQUIRED FOR ESTATES. THANKS

CHEERS

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Taiwo says:

May 18, 2014 at 5:10 pm

Well done Lawyer! This is good work only God can reward you sufficiently for this educative medium. How

can i process C of O for plots of land recently purchased in Ofada Ogun state, i have genuine survey plans and

signed deed of ass ignment. All i s ee at the government website is hom e owners charter!

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Matthew Ottahsays:

May 20, 2014 at 8:47 am

The home charters s cheme is for only those that own houses not land. You have to go through the

normal process of acquiring a c of o from the land bureau at Abeokuta.

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