Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) owner
occupier Kubwa. Secondly being a public servant, he
accepted the sum of N560,000 from Mrs. Ajadi in order to
assist her collect her letter of offer of sale in respect of Block
13 flat 2 FCDA owner occupier houses in Kubwa.
Thirdly he pretended to be an official of the FCDA
responsible for sale of Federal Government houses and in
such assumed character he received the sum of N560,000
from Mrs. Ajadi before she can collect her offer letter in
respect of Block 13 flat 2 FCDA owners occupier Kubwa.
In her evidence in Chief Mrs. Ajadi told the court that she
was not given an offer letter by the committee on sale of
Federal Government houses. And on exhibit A the petition
written by Mrs. Ajadi to the Chairman ICPC, she stated that
she was not given letter of offer due to months rents
deduction. It is crystal clear that Mrs. Ajadi had no letter of
offer in respect of Block 13 flat 2 owner occupier Kubwa as
at the time she met with the defendant. Therefore the
charge before the court does not correspond with the
evidence before the court. in other words the charge is at
variance with the evidence led. In Mohammed Ibrahim VS
State (2015) 61 NSCQR 1097 at 1767 Akahs JSC held thus:
“There is therefore a discrepancy between the
location of the alleged crime (locus criminis) and the
evidence led. Inspite of this discrepancy the
prosecution did not apply to amend the charge to
align with the evidence adduced to the charge. The
law is that where the charge laid is at variance with
the evidence tendered the conviction of the appellant
will not stand”.
PW1 Mrs. Ajadi told the court that she got her offer through
ICPC. That confirms the fact that at the time she met the
defendant there was no letter of offer or rather she had no
letter of offer. The letter of offer that was given to the
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