WANT TO BUY LAND/BUILDING IN NIGERIA? GET A PROPERTY LAWYER

WANT TO BUY LAND/BUILDING IN NIGERIA? GET A PROPERTY LAWYER

The land documents looked genuine and complete and the seller sounded convincing.

Payment was made in full. Then the unthinkable happened. Another man appeared claiming ownership. Then a Government notice surfaced.

The land turned out to be under acquisition and the “owner” had already sold the same property to many buyers.

What looked like a good investment became a legal crisis.

This happens every day in Nigeria. Buying land or house is a legal transaction and the law does not protect carelessness.

Too many buyers rely on agents, relatives, assurances or unverified documents without getting an experienced Property and Real Estate Lawyer to properly investigate the transaction first.

A receipt is not proof of ownership and a survey plan alone proves nothing. Even genuine-looking documents can have serious legal issues, pending disputes, forged signatures, unpaid Government fees or other ownership problems capable of nullifying the entire transaction.

So get a Property Lawyer before payment, not after wahala comes, to conduct due diligence (checks), verify ownership, search Government records, investigate fully, review ownership history, identify risks most buyers would never detect on their own and prepare the right purchase documents.

For Nigerians in the diaspora, distance creates vulnerability and many have lost properties back home because they trusted the wrong people.

Buy smart.

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APEX CHAMBERS, Law Firm of Property/Real Estate and Business/Corporate/Commercial Lawyers, Attorneys, Barristers, Solicitors, Advocates and Legal Practitioners rendering legal services, Legal Consultants and Notary Public with Law Office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

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