Senior Sister, PW7 together with the sum of N110,000.00 and
N100,000.00 respectively with instructions that the title
documents be given to the Defendant to carry out revalidation of
the title documents at Abuja Geographic Information System
(AGIS). According to PWs5 and 7, the sum of N110,000.00 was
for revalidation of the title documents while the sum of
N100,000.00 was for the Defendant’s logistics. According to
PW5’s petition, after a period of time he asked the Defendant
about the revalidation of his title documents and the Defendant
said to him the process was still ongoing and he could not reach
the Defendant again. PW5 in his petition alleged that he visited
Abuja Geographic Information System (AGIS) to ascertain the
true position of things and he discovered that the right of
Occupancy given to the Defendant for revalidation, the right of
occupancy revalidated has the name of Mr. Lamar Abba Gana
Gadzama and the photograph of the Defendant on it. PW5 also
alleged that the Defendant fraudulently prepared a Deed of
Assignment and power of Attorney in the name of Lamar
Abbagana and the Defendant signed same documents and that
the Defendant eventually sold the plot of land L84 Dape District
to one Mr. Okike Godwin Uchechukwu and the said Mr. Okike
Godwin paid the sum of N2,360,000.00 to collect the revalidated
certificate.
On receipt of the petition PW5, the Commission referred the
petition to PWs, 1,3 and 4 for investigation. PW1, Abdullahi
Muhammadu Maiturare, a detective with the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission testified that sometimes in June,
2009, a petition was referred to them for investigation involving
criminal breach of trust, forgery and conversion of title
documents of Plot L.84 Cadastral Zone CO4 FCT, Abuja.
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