Don’t fall victim, verify lands before purchase, FG tells Lagos residents

The Federal Government has appealed to the public, particularly Lagos State residents to always verify all lands with state and Federal Government agencies before purchase, in order not to fall victim to land grabbers.

The Federal Controller of Housing in Lagos State, Mrs Margaret Adejobi, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday.

Adejobi said that the land grabbers deliberately encroached and sold-off gazetted Federal Government lands in Lagos state.

She said an earlier media publication saved several prospective buyers of land from the fraudulent land grabbers, who now use fake litigation orders to deceive the public.

Adejobi cited an example of people who came to the Federal Ministry of Housing to verify documents because the media gave them the right and timely information to protect their investments.

she appealed to the citizens that anybody who wants to buy land should do a search, this money is not easy to come by. They can go to the Surveyor General’s Office and check, Adejobi said that the land grabbers usually ignored compensations paid to their fathers and still deliberately encroach on gazetted government acquisitions, fraudulently selling same land to multiple buyers.

She said several people don’t know the difference between acquired and free land and appealed to the media not to relent in its efforts of protecting investments.