02/02/2026
THE LAND AT ZARMAGANDA THAT DEVOURED ITS SELLERš„š„š„
In Jos, land is not just property, it is heritage, security, and hope.
That was why people trusted Mr. Gyang, a well-known land agent around Zarmaganda axis, close to Rayfield Road. He spoke Hausa, Berom, and English with ease. His documents always carried stamps, signatures, and confidence.
He said the land was clean and they believed him..All three of them..
The first buyer
Sule, a civil servant, bought the land after years of savings. He planned to retire into a small bungalow there. He cleared the land, planted boundary trees, and told his children:
āThis is where our house will stand.ā
The second buyer
Months later, Mrs. Esther, a widow from Tudun Wada, bought the same land. She sold her late husbandās car to pay. She needed land close to town so her children could attend good schools.
Mr. Gyang assured her:
āWallahi, nobody has touched this land before.ā
The third buyer
Then came Emeka, a businessman from the city of Abuja , who wanted land for investment.
He paid in full, collected documents, and left Jos, confident his money was safe.
Three buyers.
One land in Zarmaganda.
One greedy seller.
The day the land spoke
Trouble exploded when Sule returned with a surveyor and met strangers fencing the land. Voices rose. Elders were called. Police reports were written at āAā Division. Files moved from desk to desk.
Documents told a shocking story:
Same plot number
Same coordinates
Same seller
Savings disappeared into legal fees. One buyer fell sick from stress. Another withdrew her children from school. Peace left their homes.
Mr. Gyang vanished.
The slow punishment
Years later, he was seen again around Terminus Market.
But the man was no longer whole.
His body began to decay slowly.
Wounds appeared and refused to heal.
His flesh broke down while he was still alive.
People whispered in Jos:
āThis one has started paying before dying.ā
One of the buyers crushed by loss had once said:
āIf Plateau law fails me, God will not.ā
Whether it was sickness, guilt, or divine justice, no one knew. But everyone noticed that the man who sold land to three people now lived in shame, pain, isolation and eventually died in a mysterable way..He was found one day in his room completely rotten, decaded and horribly smelling..
The lesson Jos will not forget
The land remained disputed.
The buyers remained scarred.
The seller lost everything, health, peace, dignity and life eventuallyā¦
And Jos learned again.
In Plateau State, land fraud does not end at the land.
It follows the seller.
Slowly. Painfully and Relentlessly.
