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.
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