45year old Man sells father’s house to different buyers....SEE PHOTO

Firstclass newsline learnt that a 45-year-old man, Olusanya Ajala, has
been arrested for allegedly selling a house bequeathed to him and his
three siblings to two different buyers.
Ajala was said to have sold the property to a businesswoman, Anita
Ojuola, and one other buyer, whose name had yet to be ascertained.
It was learnt that Ajala sold the house to Ojuola without the consent
of his sisters.
Firstclass newsline learnt that the building, which comprises eight
rooms and three boys' quarters, is located on Ajala Close in the
Ijaiye area of Lagos.
Firstclass newsline learnt that Ojuola had shown interest in the
house, and was introduced to the suspect by an estate agent. The two
parties were said to have negotiated and subsequently agreed on N3.5m.
Anita reportedly paid N1m into a bank account provided by the suspect
on March 9 with a promise to pay the balance towards the end of April.
It was gathered that Ajala issued a forged power of attorney to the
woman to signify her ownership of the property.
Trouble was said to have started when the suspect shelved appointments
to meet Ojuola and refused to pick her calls. It was learnt that
Ojuola, who demanded to see his siblings before she would pay the
N2.5m balance, eventually met the suspect a month after.
Firstclass newsline was told that Ojuola discovered that the house
had been sold to another person, who had started renovating it.
She said, "Before I made payment, my lawyer, the agent and I met with
him and requested proof of ownership. The lawyer interviewed him and
asked him to produce all necessary documents. He produced a document
indicating that he has the power of attorney to sell the house and the
lawyer told me to go ahead with the payment.
"On March 9, I made a transfer of N1m to his bank account. I asked Mr.
Olusanya (Ajala) on three occasions to take us to the house and
introduced me to the tenants that the house had been bought, but he
refused. The agent and I finally met with him on April 14. We insisted
that he take us to the house. On getting there, we learnt that he had
sold the house to someone else since March 20."
Upon the discovery, the matter was reported at the Ijaiye-Ojokoro
Police Station, leading to Ajala's arrest.
One of Ajala's sisters, Mrs. Aduni Ojelabi, said the family had no
hand in the sale of the property to Ojuola.
She said, "The house needed renovation and I called other family
members to contribute money. When they refused, we decided to sell it
on March 20 for N6.8m. Our agent collected N1.8m while the lawyer got
N60,000. Four of us shared the remaining amount. I was surprised to
hear that he (Ajala) had sold it to someone else."
A police prosecutor, ASP Lugard Ahonle, brought the suspect – who had
reportedly confessed to have obtained the forged power of attorney
from an expert – before an Ojokoro Magistrate's Court on nine counts
bordering on fraud and forgery.
The charges read in part, "That you, Olusanya Ajala, and one other at
large, on March 9, 2015, at about 2pm, at the Ajala Area of
Ijaiye-Ojokoro, Lagos, in the Ikeja Magisterial District, did conspire
to commit felony to wit: obtaining money under false pretences.
"That you, and one other at large, on the same date, time and place,
with intent to defraud one Anita Ojuola, by obtaining from her through
mobile money transfer, the sum of N1m under the false pretences of
selling your father's house on Ajala Close.
"That you and one other at large did forge a power of attorney with
intent to commit felony."
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charges.
During a hearing on Monday, the presiding magistrate, Mrs. T. Akani,
told the defendant to refund the money or get jailed.
Firstclassnewsline.net