SIGN YOUR PROPERTY AND BUSINESS DOCUMENTS YOURSELF OR GIVE A POWER OF ATTORNEY
Buying a land or building/house? Signing a business deal? Before you let anyone sign on your behalf, ask yourself: have I given him a valid Power of Attorney?
If your answer is ‘No’ then you have to issue a written Power of Attorney.
Under Nigerian law, no one (not your brother, wife/husband, Lawyer or even your Pastor) can legally sign land, building or business documents for you unless you have given them a valid Power of Attorney prepared by a Property/Business Lawyer.
Without this legal document, anything they sign is a worthless piece of paper.
Imagine buying land in Port Harcourt, and your cousin signed on your behalf but with no Power of Attorney. That land is as good as lost. Courts do not care about your family understanding. They care about taking proper legal steps.
A Power of Attorney is not a mere formality. It is a powerful legal tool that gives someone authority to act in your name, with limits and responsibilities clearly spelled out.
It protects you, your assets and ensures your transaction is valid.
Do not make the legal mistake of trusting blindly. If someone must sign on your behalf, first give him a proper Power of Attorney. Anything less is legal suicide.
Protect your landed property, your business and investments.
Give a Power of Attorney to someone or sign by yourself.
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APEX CHAMBERS, Law Firm of Property/Real Estate and Business/Corporate /Commercial Lawyers, Attorneys, Barristers, Solicitors Advocates, Legal Practitioners rendering legal services, Legal Consultants and Notary Public with Law Office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria