Right of Way: Why That "Perfect Plot" Might Be a Government Target Waiting to Happen

Adesogbon Seun Daniel

Sep 17, 2026

Right of Way: Why That "Perfect Plot" Might Be a Government Target Waiting to Happen

From Lagos Mainland to the heart of Ibadan, families who spent everything they had on a house have watched government bulldozers arrive, not because their papers were fake, but because nobody told them a road, a pipeline, or a power line had first claim on the land. This is the story of Right of Way, the rule that decides who really owns the ground beneath your building.