Please kindly help a cousin bro. I will be brief and straight to the point. My bro bought a land in 2012(100*50). He paid 490k out of the 550k then. According to him, the parents encountered accommodation problem and was given quite notice so he had to sort that out hence the part payment.
Things took a turn for the worst...The father came down with stroke and my cousin expended almost 500k. The wife took ill and almost died. In fact everyone feared she was gone die. But miraculously she pulled through. Then my bro lost his job.hard luck you might say.
All these while, he has been without job until this year.
He went back to the land seller who has aware of all his travails. He went with the mind of trying to offset the balance but the seller is saying he will no longer collect 60k( that's not the problem though). He is requesting for over 200k.
One detail I missed- my cousin invited him to the police station about 2years ago where an agreement was signed for the land to be sold and my cousin be refunded 600k or anything near that.
The crazy thing now is that the seller said once this year ends, my cousin should not bother him about the land and that he has no business with him.
Pls experts in the house. How do you see this issue and way of resolving it. My cousin is no longer interested in the land as he already has a small parcel of land elsewhere. Pls your advice is needed as I want to go with him this week. I need your input.
Tnx
Pls pardon the typographical errors
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I'm no lawyer but your cousin bro needs to tread carefully as omo oniles can be dangerous. By the way, 2012 to this time is a lot and the land must have added value over the years. Definitely can't be sold for the 2012 amount now. If he can raise the money, tell him to pay the amount or plead with the man to take a little less, then sell off the land and move on.

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backnbeta:
I'm no lawyer but your cousin bro needs to tread carefully as omo oniles can be dangerous. By the way, 2012 to this time is a lot and the land must have added value over the years. Definitely can't be sold for the 2012 amount now. If he can raise the money, tell him to pay the amount or plead with the man to take a little less, then sell off the land and move on.

Thanks for your kind response. Though land is not in Lagos( in reference to the Omo inile)

Was there an agreement?.... A written agreement to that effect of sale... Also when the land was bought...was it registered even tho the payment was made in installments...answer this questions first then you can know what next

best advice for you.
do you know how much you could spend on litigation?

you better follow this short cut.
some business are bound to be bad.

backnbeta:
I'm no lawyer but your cousin bro needs to tread carefully as omo oniles can be dangerous. By the way, 2012 to this time is a lot and the land must have added value over the years. Definitely can't be sold for the 2012 amount now. If he can raise the money, tell him to pay the amount or plead with the man to take a little less, then sell off the land and move on.

Oluhills007:
Was there an agreement?.... A written agreement to that effect of sale... Also when the land was bought...was it registered even tho the payment was made in installments...answer this questions first then you can know what next

Yes there is a signed agreement and payment receipts

I would have loved to check the contents of the agreement... But since there is an agreement... See a lawyer near you... He would advise you better