For duping 101, prospective tenants of N28million, Babatunde Salawudeen, an estate agent has been sentenced to 1230 years imprisonment.
Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere on Thursday handed the jail term to Habeeb who is also known as Babatunde Salawudeen.
Justice Ipaye found Habeeb guilty of the 82 counts charge of conspiring with his brother Alhaji Ishola Salawudeen who is still at large and obtained the sum of N28 million, 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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