approached him to find out if he knows somebody that could
help to bid for a house and he called the defendant who in
turn called Shehu Garba to help in the bid process. He said
the house to be bided for was on Kado Estate. And Abdullahi
said after the bid they will be given 10% of the bid value.
Abdullahi brought completed forms with a draft of N10,000
and a draft for the house. He handed them over to
Suleiman. After the biding the next day Suleiman called him
and told him that there was no house at Kado Estate but
they were given an alternative at Kubwa owner occupier. He
told Abdullahi who said he will get back to him. After three
or four days Abdullahi told him that the woman said she is
not interested in the house, she is going to block her draft.
DW3 Shehu Garba he also Corroborated the evidence of the
defendant. He told the court that he was the one who bided
for the house at Kubwa on behalf of Mrs. Chinyere Izunobi,
when he was told that the preferred house at Kado Estate
was not available. He said the bid document was given to
him by the defendant and he bided as instructed with an
agreement that 10% was going to be paid to them as
commission. He said nothing has been paid to him.
PW1 in her evidence in Chief she stated thus:
“He came back one day to tell me that one Chinyere
has bought my house.”
And during cross-examination she stated that:
“Mr. Yusuf told me that somebody has bided for the
house. He did not inform me that somebody had
bought the house.”
PW1 Mrs. Ajadi is not a witness of truth, neither does she
have the fear of God. If the defendant did not look for her
being the occupier of the house, how could she be able to
get the house; when she was not offered the house hence
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