the Penal Code, Cap 532, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria
(Abuja) 1990.
The Prosecution called four (4) witnesses and tendered documentary
exhibits in proof of the charge, whilst the accused person testified in his
own defence and called one other witness.
The PW1, Daniel Okhinkpamwonyi stated that he is a former
Administrator of Word of Faith Group of Schools, Durumi, Abuja; that he
does not know the accused person; that in the 1st Quarter of 2011, he
purchased two (2) plots of land, namely (i) Plot CP 1492; and (ii) MF
719D situate at Lugbe 1 Extension Layout from one Mrs. Elizabeth
Agboga who is a parent of one of his students at N6.2m; that the said
Mrs. Agboga told him that she had two plots of land to sell on behalf of
her boss at Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC); that he paid Mrs.
Agboga N2.5m and N1m in cash on 28/1/11 and 31/1/11 respectively,
as well as issued her a Skye Bank cheque in the sum of N2.5m from his
personal account on 18/3/11. He further stated that the payments made
to Mrs. Elizabeth Agboga as at 18/3/11 amounted to N6m and that it
was when he pleaded with her to forgo the balance of N200,000 that
she gave him the title documents of both plots of land and told him
that he would need to do change of name and chart the papers by
putting it into cartography at a cost of N170,000.00 whereupon he
issued her a cheque of N170,000.00 from his Jodeb & Ted Nig. Ltd
account which is domiciled at Zenith Bank. The PW1 further stated that
when Mrs. Agboga returned two or three days later to demand for the
balance of N200,000.00 which he had earlier pleaded with her to forgo,
he had to issue a cheque of N200,000.00 drawn on his Jodeb & Ted
account at Zenith Bank, making a total of N6.2m for the two plots of
land; and that he returned the original title documents to Mrs. Agboga
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