
Millions of dollars/naira: Abandonment/discovery principles of bona vancatia/res nullius/treasure trove
By Afe Babalola “The question however is whether the government can legitimately spend what legally is not its? Put in another way, can government without more proceed to spend the recovered monies merely because they were abandoned properties? Or is something else required to vest proprietary interests of these monies in government before it can […]