Gateman Reportedly Sells His Boss' House For N175 Million, Gets Only N15 Million As His Share

• A Nigerian man who is a property lawyer shared a story of how a gateman allegedly sold a house in Lagos
• According to the lawyer who said the house was sold for N175 million, the incident happened in Lekki, Lagos
• He said the owner of the house was based abroad, and the gateman was asked to look after the property, but ended up selling it

A Nigerian woman who lives abroad has discovered that her gateman allegedly sold her house located in Nigeria.

The story was shared on TikTok by a property lawyer who said it happened in Lekki, Lagos.

According to the lawyer identified as @theomonilelawyer, the owner of the property does not visit Nigeria often.

After buying the property, the owner kept a gateman there to look after the house.

However, the gateman ended up selling the property in connivance with a real estate developer.

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After the house was sold, the gateman was given N15 million as his own share of the N175 million.

When the real owner of the house returned, she discovered that someone else was occupying the property.

The story goes:

"After the purchase, she retained the same gateman assigned by the developer to “watch over” her house. She even began sending him money monthly for upkeep and maintenance. What she didn’t know was that the very same gateman had secretly made photocopies of the title documents when the house was still under the developer."

The lawyer said the gateman was able to forge the documents of the house and sold it to a new owner.

He said:

"With the help of a fake developer, they cloned the Governor’s Consent of the former developer, changed the face of the real seller, and resold her property for ₦175 MILLION NAIRA to a new unsuspecting buyer.

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"She involved the Police and after many months traced the Gateman to Benue State before he confessed. Today, the matter is in court. The buyer of the fake documents and the original owner are fighting a bitter legal battle. The real criminal is gone."

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Reactions as gateman allegedly sells woman's house

@Kay_Kay said:

"How can you use fake documents to sell house, didnt the new buyer go and verify the documents given to him'."

@brotherbiola1 said:

"If the document is forged, then the woman still owns her property, so there’s no case. Thank God for her life."

Rule World said:

"We have CCTV with internet and Solar in our house 24/7 and The Security man can be see even all around the compound and inside the house."

Same lawyer shares how tenant sold landlord's house

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the lawyer shared the story of a tenant who sold his landlord's house and took the money

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According to the lawyer, who shared details on TikTok, the tenant committed the offence in Lagos state

He said the tenant even had the audacity to stay in the house for four more months before moving out

Proofreading by James Ojo, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng