half shop existed at No. B15 Shop No. 12 Wuse Market, Abuja. The accused took PW2 to the said shop and asked him to pay N600,000.00 (Six Hundred Thousand Naira) only. PW2 made a deposit of N400,000.00 and promised to pay the balance later. PW2 was given receipt by the accused person which was admitted as Exhibit C. Subsequently, the accused continued to ask for the balance of N200,000.00 from PW2 which he refused to pay because the accused had been exposed as dubious character at the Wuse Market. The witness demanded for the refund of N400,000.00 from the accused which he refused to pay, the accused was reported to the Police. The owner of the shop which the accused promised to let out to PW2 was not aware that his shop was to be let out by the accused person. When the landlord became aware of the deal, the landlord made the accused to sign Exhibit D including PW2 and himself. Exhibit D is an agreement to the effect that accused would refund the sum of N400,000.00 to PW2. PW3 is one Nicolas Maduka, a businessman doing business at Wuse Market Abuja. Around June 2007, accused approached him and told him that a vacant shop exist for rent, PW2 indicated his interest to rent the shop. PW3 paid the sum of N370,000.00 to the accused at two installments, the accused gave two written notes to PW3 as receipts where he stated the amount collected from PW3. The two notes were admitted as Exhibits E1 and E2 respectively. The witness demanded for the shop he paid for, but the accused refused to give him any shop. It was at this point that PW3 realized that the accused had no shop to let out. 6 He