Lagos –
Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere Thursday
sentenced an Estate agent Babatunde Habeeb also known as Babatunde Salawudeen,
who duped 101, prospective tenants of N28million, at 59 Oriola, in Alapere Ketu
area of Lagos, to 1230 years imprisonment.
Justice
Ipaye found Habeeb guilty of the 82 counts charge of conspiring with his
brother Alahaji Ishola Salawudeen who is still at large and obtained the sum of
N28million, under false pretence from unsuspecting accommodation seekers.
He was
charged with 82 count charges bordering on conspiracy, obtaining under false
pretences, stealing and fraud preferred against him by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission EFCC .
The convict
had promised to rent out 13 apartments to the accommodation seekers, whom he
collected various sums from and issued receipts and thereafter disappeared.
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