[size=18pt] N75m fraud: Woman jailed for defrauding general[/size]

04.06.2009

A woman, Aishatu Abdullai, has been sentenced to10 years an imprisonment without an option of fine by a Lagos High Court over a housing scam.

The presiding judge, Justice Joseph Oyewole, found the accused guilty in a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretences preferred against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC).

In addition, she was ordered to pay the sum of N10 million as restitution to the victim, Alhaji Abdullai Musa Bashiru.

Aishatu, alias Fatima Abdulai Aboki, together with others still at large, conspired to steal the original title document of a house at Park View Estate, Ikoyi belonging to one Major- General Aboki (rtd) and sold the property to the victim.

The victim, a businessman needed a landed property in Ikoyi, and got to know that the General’s house in Park View was on offer for sale. He gave power of attorney to his lawyer, to negotiate with the General’s ‘agents’; unknown to him that he had fallen prey to fraudsters.

The lawyer met and negotiated with Aisha and other members of her syndicate. According to the report, Aisha claimed to be the younger sister of the General who was said to be bedridden in Saudi Arabia hospital and had to sell the property to off- set his medical bills.

To convince the victim, she gave her name as Aishatu Aboki. With this false identity, coupled with the presentation of the original title document to the property, the lawyer was convinced that he was making a genuine transaction on behalf of his client. http://www.tribune.com.ng/04062009/news/news14.html

The victim and lawyer should have known this is a scam.
There is no way u can by a house in PV for less than 100million