By Aisha Gambo

A widow, Wunmi Ishola, on Monday dragged Mai Unguwa Lawal, a village head in Mando, Kaduna State before a Shari’a court for alleged land fraud.

She also filed a suit against an agent,”Oga Yellow”, and the man who claimed to be the owner of the land, Alhaji Surajo Haruna.

” I wanted to buy a property for my children, so I sought for an agent who introduced me to the Mai Unguwa.

“Mai Unguwa showed me a land and told me it belonged to one Surajo Haruna. We met the man and he sold the land to me for N4 Million.

“I transferred the money into Haruna’s account on April 14 and collected the land documents which was later discovered to be fake.

“I later discovered that the land belonged to one Alhaji Bala who confronted me when I tried to erect a building on the land,” she said.

She prayed the court to order the village head to return all her money, adding that he had returned only N500,000 to her.

Ishola added that she gave the first and second defendant the sum of N150,000 as agency fee and paid N150,000 to a lawyer for a deed of assignment.

On their part, the defendants agreed that they transacted the land deal except  for Haruna who was not in court.

The village head told the court that he has been trying to locate Haruna, who received the money.

The Judge, Malam Muhammad Kabir, ordered that Haruna’s bank account should be restricted.

He also also ordered that the bank should  return the money to the complainant.

The judge admitted the two defendants to bail on the condition that the village head in Mando should stand as surety.(NAN)

Edited by Sadiya Hamza