Lagos property agent sentenced to 1,230 years imprisonment over N28million scam
A Lagos High Court in Igbosere has sentenced a self-proclaimed site engineer and housing agent, Babatunde Habeeb, to 1,230 years imprisonment over a N28 million scam.
Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye convicted Habeeb, also known as Babatunde Salaudeen, of defrauding 101 accommodation seekers under the pretext of renting them 13 apartments in a building at Alapere-Ketu, Lagos.
She found him guilty of 82 counts of conspiring with his elder brother, Alhaji Ishola Salaudeen, and obtaining the N28m under false pretence.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said one Alhaji Salaudeen, who owns the property, is at large.
The court said the EFCC proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
According to the commission, the convict committed the offences in 2013.
Habeeb will serve 15 years in jail for each count concurrently.
