Lagos land fraud
An excision that never happened
Lagos stopped issuing new excisions years ago - but the story is still sold today.
How it works
Excision is the process by which the government releases land back to a community. Buyers are told a plot is “excised” or that “excision is in process”, which would make it safe to buy. But genuine, recent excisions are rare, and a gazette dated after the cut-off is almost always fake. “Excision in process” is one of the most common sales lines in Lagos.
Warning signs
- !A gazette or excision document dated suspiciously recently
- !“Excision in process” with no verifiable gazette to point to
- !The seller cannot name the gazette number or page
- !Heavy reliance on the word “excision” to justify the price
How we catch it
We verify the actual gazette exists and matches the plot, and flag any post-cut-off or “in process” excision claim that cannot be confirmed against a real government record.
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