through
Skye
Bank
cheques
and
Ecobank
cheque.
The
defendant dropped her certificate of occupancy as collateral
which she would collect after paying back the money. They
also had an agreement that if the money was not repaid
within the agreed time, the nominal complainant can go ahead
and take possession of the property. The defendant also
promised to buy back the property as soon as she gets the
money. This was their agreement.”
P.W.3 testified further that he wrote a letter of investigation to Skye
Bank to confirm the payment of 30million Naira from the petitioner’s
account to the defendant. Exhibit 8 is the bank’s response. He said in the
course of investigation, the petitioner brought the certificate of occupancy
given to him by the defendant to their office. He said their investigation
revealed there were two certificates of occupancy in respect of the same
property. He said they forwarded the certificates from the petitioner and
the one from British Lead School to the Federal Ministry of Lands,
Housing and Urban Development for verification. They marked the two
certificates as Annexture A and B respectively. Annexture A was the
certificate submitted by Lead British International School, Gwarimpa while
Annexture B is the certificate of occupancy submitted by the petitioner.
The Ministry responded vide Exhibit 1 wherein it was stated clearly that
Annexture A was authentic while Annexture B is a cloned copy. The
defendant was thereafter arrested and confronted with the two certificates.
He said the defendant confirmed to them at the EFCC that the certificate
marked Annexture A is the one she gave to Lead British School and was
aware of the sale of the land by Dyna Ladejj to the school.
P.W.3 testified further that when he discovered the disparity in the
description of the property in Exhibits 3 and 4, he personally sought
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