Show that a CW-complex is contractible without Whitehead theorem

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I was trying to solve the following problem:

Let $X$ a CW- complex such that the inclusion $X_{n-1} \hookrightarrow X_n $ are null-homotopic, then $X$ is contractible.

I already know that Whitehead theorem solve it, but I was searching a proof that does not use the theorem.