Juliana Francis
A group of teachers have accused a member of the Kwara State
House of Assembly, Honourable Adebayo Muhammed of defrauding them N4million
under false pretence.
Muhammed, representing Malete/Ipuru Constituency in the
state's house of assembly is alleged to have sometime in 2015 sold some plots
of land which did not belong to him to a group of teachers, and issued receipts
to the buyers in the name of a non-existent company. It was further alleged
that he has so far resisted all attempts by his victims to recover their money.
The complainants have been identified as Mary Kolade, Ezekiel
Babatunde, Felicia Adebiyi, Grace Awolola, Julius Omole and Abiodun Balogun.
The complainants alleged that Muhammed sold plots of land to
them, which he claimed to be the owner but that they later discovered that the
land belonged to the Federal Ministry of Land and Housing.
One of the complainants noted: "After paying about N4m to the lawmaker, we decided
to carry out survey on the plots of land, so as to put our survey number in the
Deed of Transfer between him and us, only to discover through the officials of
the Kwara State Ministry of Land and Housing that the said plots of land
belonged to the Federal Ministry of Land and Housing. Other people who also
wanted to develop the plots of land he sold to them were equally barred from
constructing anything on it.”
The EFCC spokesman, Tony Orilade, while reacting to the
incident, disclosed that Muhammed would
soon be charged to court.
In another development, Justice S.O. Solebo of the
Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday convicted and
sentenced Yusuf Olatunji to three years imprisonment for N9m fraud.
The convict was arraigned on Monday, on a five-count
charge bordering stealing, impersonation, forgery and use of forged documents
to the tune of N9m.
One of the counts reads: "That you, Yusuf
Olatunji, sometime in June, 2014, at Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division,
dishonestly cashed and converted to your own use Guarantee Trust Bank Cheque
number 5782 in the sum of N9, 000,000.00, the property of Joshua Babatunde
Johnson, thereby committed stealing contrary to Section 285 (9) (b) and (c) of
Criminal Law of Lagos State."
He pleaded guilty to the charge and was remanded in
Kirikiri prison custody.
Consequently, Justice Solebo adjourned to May 9,
2019 (today) for judgment. Delivering her judgment, Justice Solebo sentenced
the defendant to one year imprisonment on counts one and two for stealing, and
three years on counts three to five for impersonation, forgery and use of
forged documents. The sentences are to run concurrently from the date of
judgment.
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