The land looks perfect. The papers look real. That is how people lose millions.
Most Nigerians who lose money to land fraud are not careless. They ask for documents. They visit the land. Some even pay a lawyer. What they are missing is a clear system for checking what cannot be seen.
Don't Buy That Land is that system, set out in plain language by a Corporate and Property Lawyer, for buyers at home and investors abroad.
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Fraud rarely looks like fraud until the money has gone
Forged and duplicated titles
A Certificate of Occupancy or deed that looks genuine, professionally printed, correctly worded, and entirely worthless because it was never real or was registered to someone else.
One plot, many buyers
Land sold two, three, four times over by families and agents who collect from everyone and disappear, leaving strangers to fight over the same beacons.
Land you can never build on
Plots quietly sitting under government acquisition, in road setbacks, or on disputed family land, the kind of problem no fence and no receipt can fix.
You cannot defend yourself against a trap you do not understand.
The people who lose money are rarely foolish, and almost never lazy. They do the obvious things. What they lack is not effort. It is a clear picture of how the trap is built, and of the few legal facts that decide whether a piece of paper is worth millions or worth nothing.
A receipt is not title. A survey plan is not proof of ownership. A Certificate of Occupancy can be real and still leave you exposed. Knowing the difference, in the right order, before any large amount of money changes hands, is the entire game. That is what most buyers were never taught, and what this book exists to fix.
It is the same due diligence a careful lawyer would walk a paying client through, turned into steps you can follow yourself, or hand to your own lawyer and surveyor.
A complete system you can carry in your pocket
Delivered as a single download the moment you pay: an EPUB for phones and e-readers, and a PDF for desktop and printing. No waiting, no back-and-forth.
The full book, plus a working toolkit you will actually use
Thirteen chapters that take you from how the frauds work, through every document and what it really proves, to the exact verification steps, the safe way to structure the transaction, and what to do if a deal has already gone wrong.
- The law, in plain EnglishWhat actually decides ownership in Nigeria, statutory and customary title, and why family land goes wrong.
- Every document, decodedCertificate of Occupancy, deed of assignment, survey plan, governor's consent, excision and gazette, and what each one does and does not prove.
- The seven-layer verification protocolThe checks to run, in order, at the registry, the survey office, the community, and on the ground, before you pay.
- Buying from the diasporaHow to verify and buy safely from abroad without flying home, and how to choose who acts for you.
- Buying developed property and from developersThe extra checks when there is a building and a company involved, not just land.
- The verification toolkitA 70-point pre-payment checklist, document demand list, red flags quick-scan, lawyer and surveyor instruction templates, a cost and timeline guide, a walk-away script, and an offices directory.
- A plain-English glossaryEvery term you will meet in your documents, explained simply, so nothing is a mystery.
Two companion guides, ready to print and carry
The most-used tools from the book, pulled into standalone files you can take to an inspection or send straight to your lawyer.
Before You Pay
Your field file for every deal.
- The 70-point pre-payment verification checklist
- The document demand list
- The red flags quick-scan
Brief Your Lawyer
The words and the numbers, ready to use.
- Five ready-to-send instruction briefs for your lawyer and surveyor
- The cost and timeline guide
- The walk-away script and offices directory
Whether you are buying down the road or from another country
The local buyer. You have found a plot, or you are about to. The price is right and the seller is in a hurry. Before you release a single naira, this gives you the checks that separate a home from a lawsuit.
The diaspora investor. You are building from abroad and relying on people on the ground. You have heard the stories, perhaps lived one. This shows you how to verify before you send money, and how to instruct the people who act for you so you are not buying blind.
You do not need to be a lawyer to use it. It is written in plain language, with checklists and ready-made briefs you can hand to your own lawyer and surveyor.
Grace Akinyemi
Corporate & Property Lawyer
The cost of verification is always lower than the cost of a bad purchase.
Grace Akinyemi is a Corporate and Property Lawyer with experience advising on property acquisitions, land documentation, title verification, corporate transactions, and regulatory compliance.
She works with individuals, entrepreneurs, and investors to navigate the legal and commercial risks that often accompany property transactions.
She wrote Don't Buy That Land to bridge the gap between legal knowledge and practical decision-making, giving local buyers and diaspora investors a straightforward due diligence framework they can actually follow.
Everything you need to buy with confidence
- Don't Buy That Land, the full thirteen-chapter book
- The complete verification toolkit and plain-English glossary
- Bonus: Before You Pay, the printable checklist pack
- Bonus: Brief Your Lawyer, the instruction kit
- EPUB and PDF, delivered instantly in one download
- A 14-day money-back guarantee
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My promise to you
I am a practising Corporate and Property Lawyer, and I have put my name on this book for a reason. I stand behind it.
Read it. Work through the verification system and the checklists. If you do that and find it does not give you a clear, practical way to check a property before you pay, email me within fourteen days, tell me you followed it, and I will refund your money in full. No hard feelings.
I cannot promise that land fraud will never touch you, because that depends on the checks you actually carry out. What I promise is this: the system in this book is the same due diligence I would walk a paying client through, and if it does not deliver that to you, you should not pay for it.
Verify before you pay, and you keep your money.
Grace Akinyemi, Corporate & Property Lawyer
Questions buyers ask
Is this just general advice I could find online?
No. It is a step-by-step verification system from a practising property lawyer: the exact documents to demand, the specific checks to run, the order to run them in, and the offices and portals to use. It is written to be acted on, not just read.
I am buying from abroad. Does this apply to me?
Yes. There is a full chapter on buying safely from the diaspora, including how to verify before you send money and how to instruct and supervise the people acting for you on the ground. The Brief Your Lawyer bonus gives you the briefs to send them.
I am not a lawyer. Can I actually use it?
Yes. It is written in plain language, with checklists, a red flags scan, and ready-to-send instruction templates. You can do the groundwork yourself and hand the briefs to your own lawyer and surveyor so they do exactly what is needed.
What exactly do I receive, and how?
You receive a single download containing the book in two formats, EPUB for phones and e-readers and PDF for desktop and printing, plus both bonus guides. It arrives instantly after payment. Full instructions for opening the files come with your download.
What if it is not useful to me?
You are covered by a 14-day money-back guarantee. Work through it, and if it does not give you a clear way to verify a property before you pay, email within fourteen days and your money is refunded in full.
One bad purchase costs far more than this book.
Spend a little to verify, or risk a great deal by guessing. Get the complete system, work through it before your next payment, and buy with your eyes open.
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