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HOW TO PROVE OWNERSHIP OF LAND IN NIGERIA

Ways of proving title to land in Nigeria. Proving Title to land in Nigeria is a Herculean task, depending on the nature of title involved. Title to land can be proved by any of the following ways ; By traditional! history. By production of documents of title By proving act of ownership by long possession over a sufficient length of time and are numerous and positive enough as to warrant the inference that the person is the true owner sion over a sufficient length of time and are numerous and positive enough as to warrant the inference that the person is the true owner. By proving acts of long possession and enjoyment of land; and By proof of possession of connected and adjacent land, in circumstances which make it probable that the owner of such adjacent or connected land is probably the owner of the land in dispute. It should therefore be noted that the five ways of proving title are not mutually connected. The application of this principle can be seen in the case of BARTHOLOMEW V