Accused also claimed to know PW1 Ifeanyi, accused claimed that PW1 approached him for letting of a shop, he took PW1 to the landlord, PW1 paid the landlord N700,000.00 while accused was paid N40,000.00 as agency fees, accused forgot the name of the landlord but the landlord gave receipt to PW1, it is the view of the accused that PW1 was not patience enough to wait for the landlord for the shop. Accused claimed to know PW3 Nicolas Maduka who approached him for a quarter of a shop; he therefore took PW3 to the landlord Yisa Abdullahi whom he paid N350,000.00. PW3 claimed not to be interested in shop and the landlord refunded N100,000.00 back to PW3 remaining the balance of N250,000.00. the accused further claimed that PW3 had been settled without stating how he had been settled. Accused also claimed to know Tony Uche PW5 who also came to his office to rent a shop; he took PW5 to the landlord and PW5 paid N250,000.00 to the landlord. PW5 paid the accused N20,000.00 as agency fees, accused claimed to make agreement with PW5 to refund his money collected as rent. PW5 was not also patient enough; he was reported to EFCC by PW5. After the conclusion of evidence, parties filed their written addresses. The court had gone through the written addresses filed by the parties, since same form part of the record of this court, it is not necessary to summarize same again. 9

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