Lagos land fraud
A family that never agreed
One relative sells what the whole family owns - the others come back to claim it.
How it works
A lot of Lagos land is family or communal property, which can only be sold with the consent of the recognised family heads. When one relative sells without the others, the sale can be challenged for years - and the buyer is the one who suffers, even after building.
Warning signs
- !A single “family representative” selling with no documented consent
- !No deed signed by the recognised family heads
- !Other relatives who seem unaware of the sale
- !A history of disputes on neighbouring family land
How we catch it
For community and family land we carry out community (Baale) verification and review the chain of consent, confirming the people selling actually have the right to sell.
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