Emmanuel (PW3), Augustine James (2nd Defendant) and C. Y Richard (3rd Defendant) all drove to the location of the plot of land at Goza Village. Then C. Y Richard showed us the location of the plot of land. We told them that we are interested in the land. We drove back to Augustine James office at Naowa Shopping Complex. We then discussed and negotiated the price. Augustine James told me he can verify the authenticity of the allocation papers and I instructed him to do so in company of my relative Emmanuel Ikhuria.” PW1 testified that “Again in company of my relative, Emmanuel Ikhuria (PW3) we went to Augustine James office and he told me and he confirmed to me that the allocation papers are genuine. Then we agreed on the price and each plot was for N4, 000,000.00 each and the total for the two plots was N8, 000,000.00.” After payments had been effected, PW1 testified thus: “Thereafter, I instructed a Land Surveyor to establish the beacons and we went to Abuja Municipal Area Council Surveying Department. To our greatest surprise we were told that the allocation papers were fake. Then we went in company of Emmanuel Ikhuria to Augustine James (2nd Defendant) to tell him about our findings that the allocation papers were fake. He then arranged with C. Y Richard (the 3rd Defendant) to take us to the office of Abdulwaheed Popoola (1st Defendant). We met in Abdulwaheed Popoola’s office at Gudu Market and Abdulwaheed Popoola said he knows what to do and he will find us alternative plot of land. That he is well connected with Abuja Municipal Area Council.” After a careful review of the testimony of PW1, the evidence of PW2, Isaac Fayum Iorbo, a staff of Federal Capital Development Administration attached to Zonal Planning Office Abuja Municipal Area Council confirmed that when exhibits 1 and 2 were verified, they were found not genuine. PW3 also in his testimony supports 26