the rigorous bid process for the agreed consideration of
10%. Both the defendant and Shehu Garba went to the
International Conference Centre for the bid. They spend the
night to que up for the biding. The Defendant bidded for his
house while Shehu Garba bided for Mrs. Chinyere Izunobi
(Pw5. Upon getting into the hall after a whole day on the
que Shehu Garba found that the House at Kado was not
available and he was given an alternative. The defendant
told Shehu Garba to bid for the alternative house after he
got clearance form Abdullahi. The alternative house is in
Kubwa block 13 flat 2 FCDA owners occupier. After a
successful bid and payment for the house in the name of
Mrs. Izunobi, she rejected the house. Shehu Garba having
successfully bided for the house he was asking for the 10%
of the bid sum as agreed. The defendant then decided to
look for the occupant of Block 13 flat 2 FCDA owners
occupier. The defendant met PW1 Mrs. Ajadi for the first
time and he explained to her the situation. Mrs. Ajadi agreed
to raise a draft of N6.3 million and to pay the 10%
commission. The defendant tendered in evidence the receipt
for the sum of N6.3 Million exhibit K issued by the Adhoc
committee on sale of FGN house in Abuja, in the name of
Chinyere Izunobi.
In her Evidence in Chief PW5 Mrs. Chinyere Izunobi told the
court that she instructed Muktar to do the biding for her in
respect of a house at Kado Estate. She said she did not
submit the bid herself. And Muktar told her that they did not
win the bid and they were offered an alternative at Kubwa.
She did not know how Muktar went about the bid. She did
not submit the bid herself. She gave Muktar the draft and he
went ahead to do the bid in behalf. Pw5 also told the court
that she rejected the alternative house offered to her at
Kubwa. The evidence of PW5 had corroborated the evidence
of the defendant in all material facts.
DW2 Adamu Musa he also corroborated the evidence of the
defendant. He told the court that one Abdullahi a friend
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