Adebayo Muhammed Arrested Over N4M Land Rip-off

The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Workplace has arrested a member of the Kwara State Home of Meeting, Hon. Adebayo Muhammed on offences bordering on acquiring cash underneath false pretence to the tune of about N4million (4 Million Naira).

Muhammed who’s representing Malete/Ipuru Constituency within the state’s home of meeting is alleged to have someday in 2015 bought some plots of land which didn’t belong to him to a bunch of academics, and issued receipts to the patrons within the title of a non-existent firm. It was additional alleged that he has to date resisted all makes an attempt by his victims to recuperate their cash.

The complainants, Mary Kolade, Ezekiel Babatunde, Felicia Adebiyi, Grace Awolola, Julius Omole and Abiodun Balogun alleged that the suspect bought plots of land to them, which he claimed to be the proprietor however that they later found that the land belonged to the Federal Ministry of Land and Housing.

“After paying about N4million (4 Million Naira) to the lawmaker, we determined to hold out survey on the plots of land, in order to place our survey quantity within the Deed of Switch between him and us however solely to find via the officers of the Kwara State Ministry of Land and Housing that the mentioned plots of land belonged to the Federal Ministry of Land and Housing. Different individuals who additionally needed to develop the plots of land he bought to them had been equally barred from setting up something on it,” the complainants mentioned.

Muhammed would quickly be charged to courtroom.