An
estate agent and a landlord’s son have been arraigned before an Ejigbo
Magistrate’s court for allegedly conspiring and renting a bedroom and
sitting room apartment at 9 Olorunwa Street Shasha, Lagos to 50
prospective tenants at the same time.
36-year
old Adedoyin Agboola was arrested and charged for deceiving the
prospective tenants to give him N10 million on the pretence of renting
out the apartment to them.
According
to him, he contacted his friend, who is a developer, to build the
apartment on certain conditions, but was not aware he collected such
amount from the victims.
Agboola claimed he only knew about the incident when the victims came to his house and started fighting over the apartment.
“When I tried to contact my friend who developed the place, I discovered he had fled,” Agboola said.
His
aged mother, Mrs Maria Adedoyin also alleged that the developer of the
house, whom she identified as Tolu Johnson, betrayed the family by
defrauding the people.
Agboola
was charged with a 70-count felony, obtaining under false pretence and
stealing under sections 409, 278 and 312 of the Criminal Code Laws of
Lagos State of Nigeria 2011. Presiding Magistrate, Mrs M B Folami
ordered that the matter be transferred to Lagos High Court, Ikeja for
trial.
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