The broker who sold me Ibadan land was my father's best friend

Two years ago I was ready to buy land in Ibadan. A family friend, Baba Niyi, handled everything. My father vouched for him. I paid ₦2.8 million. The documents looked clean.

Three months later, the real owner showed up. The papers were forged. Baba Niyi had been selling the same plot to different people for years.

I confronted him at his house in Ibadan. He didn't even flinch. He just said, "Deji, na business. You win some, you lose some." My father couldn't look at me for weeks.

I rebuilt from zero. Took me a year to recover the money. But the lesson? Trust no one with your money, not even family friends. Verify everything yourself. No evidence, no deal.