By Femi Harris-Smith
Pacific Development Inc (PDI) has been ordered to refund a woman $6 million dollars for construction of a house it promised, after a court found that the land earmarked for the erection had not been granted by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).
The company conceded before the court that it had unjustifiably taken the woman’s money, knowing full well that a house lot had not even been granted to her by the CH&PA; which was a necessary prerequisite.
The company sought to tell the woman that her signed agreement and payment of the money would first be required by the CH&PA as “supporting evidence,” before her application for land could be considered.