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I am 25, just completed my service year, and I come from a polygamous home. My mum is the first wife, but my stepmother gave birth to two sons before my mother had me. My mum’s earlier children were all girls before I came along.

In most Igbo traditions, the first son inherits the father’s compound, and my father’s first son has been using that tradition to torment everyone. He insists loudly and constantly that he is the rightful heir and deserves the family house even though it was my mum and my older sisters who practically built, maintained, and renovated that house over the years.

The issue didn’t stop there. My father once sold the choicest portion of our land to my maternal uncle, who built a large poultry farm on it. After my uncle died and the farm closed down, my stepbrothers went after the land. They claimed my dad never sold the land but merely gave it to my uncle, and since he was now dead, they wanted it back.

My dad tried to explain to them that he actually collected money from my uncle for the land, but they argued that they were ready to refund whatever money was collected so that their own second son could build there. This dragged on for years, filled with quarrels and tension, until my uncle’s children finally presented the original documents properly signed by my father confirming the land was indeed purchased.

Now, my mum wants me to approach my uncle’s children to buy the land from them so I can build on it. She believes my sisters will support me financially, and owning that land would help us escape the endless trouble in my father’s compound.

Honestly, I was considering it until the chronicle that the man wanted to gift his son the land and say he sold it to him..I also read the comments and the comments made me rethink everything.

My uncle’s children are from another local government, and from all indications, they will likely sell it. My mum is pushing strongly for it. She believes if I don’t take the initiative, others will buy it and things will only get worse for us where we currently live especially if she is no more.

But should I go ahead?

Should I talk to my uncle’s children and attempt to buy the land, knowing it might trigger more fights with my stepbrothers. Or should I step back and avoid getting entangled in even more family drama?

Anything that has to do with land..Pick your legs and RUN FAST!!!