ABDULLAHI MAHMUD BAYERO, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an Appeal against the Judgment of Sokoto State High Court in Suit No. SS/41/2014 delivered by Duwale J., on 15th February, 2016, wherein it ordered the Appellant to pay the Respondent the sum of N3,370,000.00 (Three Million Three Hundred and Seventy Thousand Naira Only) being the amount he paid as consideration for the sale of two plots of land to him by the Respondent.
FACTS
The Appellant sold a plot of land to the Respondent at Gwiwa low cost Area, Sokoto in August, 2012 at the cost of N1,500,000.00K (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Naira) which the Respondent paid. An agreement was written over the said transaction. Some months later it was discovered that the Appellant does not have valid title to the plot of land. The Appellant agreed to pay back the money to the Respondent. The Appellant approached the Respondent with another plot of land which is situated at Bafarawa Estate Sokoto. The Respondent paid a …