Perfecttouchade:
na so o, u wan wait feel am ..those guys fit commit for person site then run away ...so the best way to avoid their wahala na to negotiate with them..if you use bricklayers or laborers from that area where your site is located , they do communicate with these omo-oniles and most landlord in that environment too usually dish out details to these boys that's why u will be surprised to find them at the site few minutes to the start of works on site...there leaders also mount their boys at the major roads leading to the community...they also extort from granite suppliers that's why most of them prefer to deliver at night but forget o , these guys are always alert 24/7..each time they are on mission to extort, there is always a full bag of weed and bottles of gin carried along with them , na their ginger be that

theenchanter:
I sensed the carpenter leaked the day we wanted to roof d house to them.

Theenchanter2:
Share your omo-onile experience. Omo-onile are the children of the original owner of lands, they always feel they're still connected with the lands and will want to extort money whenever any development is ongoing on the land.

My own experience.
I happen to be overseeing our house renovation ( renovation o ) being d first son of my late dad, the renovation requires removal of the roof, additional 2 coaches on the building and changing the roof structure from gambrel to hip, then painting.

On the first day, the carpenters removed the whole roof, we were lucky not to see any omo-onile cos it was a weekend......

Then the bricklayers arrived on the third day (monday), work commenced earnestly, then the omo-onile arrived.... I was at the plank market when the bricklayer called, saying omo-onile asked them to stop work and gbas gbos everywhere. I dashed out of the plank market like a squirrel whose tail is on fire, I thought I would know one or two of the omo-onile cos I was raised in that area and know a lot of them. Unfortunately, I don't know any of them.

They greeted me first, omo boy, bawo ni? Iwo ni olorun jogun ile yi fun? Emi e a lo.. blah blah blah. ( boy, how are you? U're the one that inherited this house? May it be beneficial to u... blah blah blah). "Oya where our money" was the next sentence that came of their mouth. I asked them "owo kini?" ( which money? ) they said, i unroofed the building without giving them their money and I'm working on the building itself, so i must give them owo-ile. I just kuku ask them how much their money is and they said #200,000 I laughed and jokingly asked them to be serious, they said "se o ro pe ere la wa se n bi ni?" ( do u think we came here to play? ) i was unfazed since i know they can't beat me. After so many arguments, noise and intervention of elders, I gave them #25,000 and also agreed to give them #80,000 when we start roofing, their leader gave me his number and asked me to call him if any omo-onile come to disturb me.

On the day of roofing.....
The leader called me around 7am in the morning, I wondered how he knew it was d day we wanted to roof the house. I had planned not to give them the #80,000 but #40,000 instead, they've also planned not to collect the #80,000 but #150,000... and another round of noise, argument, intervention of elders with a bit of gbas gbos everywhere... I was unfazed as usual.

Las las sha, we agreed to a truce and I gave them #60,000.

What I learnt.
1. Most of them are children of first settlers in the area and their family own and sold a lot of land in their time.

2. The have informants everywhere, these informants roam around searching for any new development in the area.

3. They don't have proper job, extortion is their full-time job.

4. U can't avoid them. even if u call police, police will tell u to settle them, and if u call soldier, once the job is done and soldier leave, they'll disturb the house.

5. U can actually shout them down, dont be timid when u see them, if they sense fear in u, they'll manipulate d situation.

6. U cant do without giving them "something", making the "something" the least u can afford should be your priority.

7. If u dont want their wahala, go to the king and explain what u want to do to him, he'll collect a lil sum of money from u to settle them and ask them never to disturb u.

rabazamba:
When I was building, they accosted for blocks money and foundation money, we gree die drag til I paid 25k, after which I come comot my igbo smoke only for their king baale onile to say me na coded guy, they returned 5k

Millenniumlady:
I bought a land last year with my boyfriend's money still waiting for the money to build it he doesn't know about it

rabazamba:
When I was building, they accosted for blocks money and foundation money, we gree die drag til I paid 25k, after which I come comot my igbo smoke only for their king baale onile to say me na coded guy, they returned 5k

Abalado:
Which one is share ur omo onile experience bayi..... Lazy Nigerian youths,, no tangible News again

MrMcJay:
I'm a real estate lawyer and by virtue of my job, I've come across different countless kinds of Omoniles. I mean, I have been faced by Omoniles with charms, I once had a disagreement with Omoniles on site only to narrowly escape a terrible accident on my way back to the office, I have had several crazy experiences with Omoniles. Let me give 3.

First one was in Agboyi in Ogudu, Lagos. Client bought a plot of land and wanted to start work. Omonile boys came and said he had to pay them before he starts. They chased off his workers and seized the tools. Then, the Property Protection Law of Lagos wasn't in existence. Client called me and was panicking. I told him to calm down. I met with the Omoniles and bought 2 Schnapps for them. I noticed that their leader was the most quiet one and got his phone number. Over the weekend, I called him and asked him to supply us 4 tipper loads of sand. After that, he personally helped us negotiate with the family from 400k to 50k and we paid it in 2 installments. After that day, we didn't have a problem.

Second one happened late last year. A vast portion of land running into acres was bought by someone for investment and when he wanted to start work, Omoniles brought court summons that they had a lawsuit against the family which sold to him. According to them, my client bought from the wrong family, but they refused to raise this until the elderly man who sold to my client died.

The first meeting I had with them ended up on a rancorous note. On my way back, the driver of my vehicle lost control at high speed. We narrowly escaped somersaulting. After that day, I told the Omoniles to go get a lawyer for me to talk to as I wasn't interested in discussing with them anymore. When they got a lawyer, the first question I asked him was "do you want to make case or make money?". From that point, we found a way to resolve it.

The third one, the Omoniles resold a land they initially sold to my client. I got the Baale arrested and promised to write a petition to the State Commissioner for Chieftaincy Affairs that he should be removed from office. I don't know how he did it but my client got his land back and 3 plots extra as compensation.

Omoniles require diplomacy, strong hand, generosity and street smartness in dealing with them. Once they see that you're not afraid and if they mess up, you'll deprive them of getting money. They would avoid getting into your bad books.

hapiness44:
Once you settle with the omo onile, , Biko remember that my husband is available for anything furniture o

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MrMcJay:
I'm a real estate lawyer and by virtue of my job, I've come across different countless kinds of Omoniles. I mean, I have been faced by Omoniles with charms, I once had a disagreement with Omoniles on site only to narrowly escape a terrible accident on my way back to the office, I have had several crazy experiences with Omoniles. Let me give 3.

First one was in Agboyi in Ogudu, Lagos. Client bought a plot of land and wanted to start work. Omonile boys came and said he had to pay them before he starts. They chased off his workers and seized the tools. Then, the Property Protection Law of Lagos wasn't in existence. Client called me and was panicking. I told him to calm down. I met with the Omoniles and bought 2 Schnapps for them. I noticed that their leader was the most quiet one and got his phone number. Over the weekend, I called him and asked him to supply us 4 tipper loads of sand. After that, he personally helped us negotiate with the family from 400k to 50k and we paid it in 2 installments. After that day, we didn't have a problem.

Second one happened late last year. A vast portion of land running into acres was bought by someone for investment and when he wanted to start work, Omoniles brought court summons that they had a lawsuit against the family which sold to him. According to them, my client bought from the wrong family, but they refused to raise this until the elderly man who sold to my client died.

The first meeting I had with them ended up on a rancorous note. On my way back, the driver of my vehicle lost control at high speed. We narrowly escaped somersaulting. After that day, I told the Omoniles to go get a lawyer for me to talk to as I wasn't interested in discussing with them anymore. When they got a lawyer, the first question I asked him was "do you want to make case or make money?". From that point, we found a way to resolve it.

The third one, the Omoniles resold a land they initially sold to my client. I got the Baale arrested and promised to write a petition to the State Commissioner for Chieftaincy Affairs that he should be removed from office. I don't know how he did it but my client got his land back and 3 plots extra as compensation.

Omoniles require diplomacy, strong hand, generosity and street smartness in dealing with them. Once they see that you're not afraid and if they mess up, you'll deprive them of getting money. They would avoid getting into your bad books.

Addme:

If you live in the South West and you have been involved in renovating/building a house either for yourself or for someone else, I'm very sure you will understand.
It's a menace here in the South West,don't know about other regions though.

ArcFresky:
I once assisted a Project Manager in his site at Abule-Egba...

Omonile, came first time, 200k
Second time 200k.
It was an hotel, so their eyes were shuking..

Always a different set anyways... They claimed we paid the wrong people, that they were not from Abule-egba.

The third time like dis ehnnn, it was even concreting.
They were up to 20...

We had fenced the compound.
Naso soldiers appear, in like 3 hiluxes.

Naa Major get house, even me.. I didn't know....

These guys carry headpan do concreting work that day..

Paid them ₦1,500 daily pay...
Their papa beg tire...
They were doing it happily, dem no kuku get choice
till Night...
Till the end of the project, dem no show oohhh...

But when w le finished it, we shaye for them shaa...

Funny day.

ArcSEMPECJ:
Sincerely, the experience I had with them on my site in Ikorudo, Igbogbo Oreita road is really affecting me on how I regard Yoruba people....

ArcFresky:
I once assisted a Project Manager in his site at Abule-Egba...

Omonile, came first time, 200k
Second time 200k.
It was an hotel, so their eyes were shuking..

Always a different set anyways... They claimed we paid the wrong people, that they were not from Abule-egba.

The third time like dis ehnnn, it was even concreting.
They were up to 20...

We had fenced the compound.
Naso soldiers appear, in like 3 hiluxes.

Naa Major get house, even me.. I didn't know....

These guys carry headpan do concreting work that day..

Paid them ₦1,500 daily pay...
Their papa beg tire...
They were doing it happily, dem no kuku get choice
till Night...
Till the end of the project, dem no show oohhh...

But when w le finished it, we shaye for them shaa...

Funny day.