Defendant responded that money was not a problem as he was willing to fund it and as developer and a builder he knew how to manage the little funds he had to handle the project. He said after persuasion from the 1st Defendant, he gave a copy of the certificate of occupancy to the 1st Defendant to enable him conduct a search to confirm the genuineness of the plot of land and even introduced him to his own lawyer to assist him with the search. He said that he informed the 1st Defendant that the plot of land belongs to his wife PW3. He said the 1st Defendant wanted them to enter into a joint development agreement where 1st Defendant will provide the fund for development of the land and PW6 will use the plot of land as his equity contribution. After the completion of the project, the houses were to be sold and more profit would then be made and shared. He said he and the 1st Defendant had several meetings on the matter and 1st Defendant kept assuring him that he is able to handle financing the project, that 1st Defendant in trying to convince him told him he had FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND KAYODE GABRIEL ADENIJI & 2ORS 15