If she can pay the money he can get her house back. He
showed her the letter with the block number and flat
number. She believe him and she told her husband that
Yusuf told her to pay him 10% of the value of the house
N5.6m, which is N560,000. Her husband said she should
complain to ICPC, hence Yusuf is not the landlord.
She now petitioned ICPC vide exhibit A and as a result PW2
Adira Akinsan, PW3 Bolanle Oturu and PW4 Chukwura
Alexander went on a sting operation. They went to the
house with the sum of N560,000.00, exhibits D (a) 1-510
and D (b) 1 – 100. The money was given to the defendant
and he wrote an undertaking acknowledging the receipt of
the money, exhibit B. The defendant was then arrested by
the ICPC detectives PW2, PW3 and AW4. PW1 said she
never knew the accused before the incident. He came to her
house and he introduced himself as a staff of FCDA.
During Cross-examination PW1 said her house was not
offered to her as it was offered to her neighbours by the
committee on sale of Government houses. She said she was
going to the office of the Adhoc committee for over one year
but they refused to give her the offer letter for the house.
She said she is not familier with the officers in the
committee on sale of FG Houses. And at a time she met Mr.
Abbas. Mr. Yusuf said she should bring 10% and she did not
believe him that was why she called ICPC. Mr. Yusuf told her
that somebody has bided for the house He did not inform
her that somebody had bought the house she said in her
evidence in chief she said Yusuf told her that one Chinyere
bought the house. PW1 said in her petition (exhibit A) she
wrote that Mr. Yusuf told her he is working with FCDA room
109. She never saw Mr. Yusuf in room 109. PW1 also told
the court that the house was offered to here and she paid
for it. She got the house through ICPC. PW2 Adira Akinson,
PW3 Bolande Oturu and PW4 Chukkwura Alexandra, they
are ICPC detectives who investigated the case which led to
the arrest of the defendant. They all gave evidence on the
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