OwoLee:



Na because say u never experience something like this b4, If u work hard for ur money to build a house so that u have something to give u money monthly or anually nd u encounter a very stuborn tenant who is not willing to pay nd believes he has to use additional 6months grace for him/her to look elsewhere...They will frustrate ur life that u would think it's better not to have tenant again...am currently experiencing one right now, it's over 1yr nd 7months have received any rents under pleading, now I didn't see him in the house again, I went to report at the police station, Police talk say make I go find 30K to park his load to the station...I even look at the whole thing, the load wey dey house no even worth 10,000...u see the frustration!

Honestly I can feel your pain but removing the roof of such a tenant isn't the best solution. You can simply approach the rent tribunal and get the tenant thrown out the legal and proper way. Not only that the tribunal can order the tenant to pay you for the use and occupation of your house, called mesne profit and the money awarded can even be higher than the normal rent you would have received. 1 year and 7month is a very long time. If you had approached a lawyer quickly you could have gotten him out legally long before now with your money in hand. Self help isn't the way to go.

9jatatafo:
Not a good judgement to me. Three years imprisonment with option of fine of N50,000 after the landlady destroyed her tenant's properties worth N300,000? The landlady will gladly pay the 50k and be free while the tenant will look for 300k to buy his damaged properties.[b] The court should have asked the landlady to pay the tenant serious compensation. [/b]Op change the topic by replacing landlady with landlord. Thanks

This is a criminal trial. The court as far as I know cannot make such orders in a criminal trial because the case is between the state and the landlady, not the landlady and the tenant. The tenant has the right to sue the landlady in a separate civil case and even tender the judgement of the criminal case to further prove her case. She can then ask for and the court can award her both special and general damages which might end up far higher than the three hundred thousand naira property that she lost.

ibedun:
Useless tenants, go and die or build your own house.

Especially so with those marauding defaulting SE people in Lagos.

I bet no south west can afford the rent we south east pay every year as rent. You ungrateful beggars.

akinsadeez:


Honestly I can feel your pain but removing the roof of such a tenant isn't the best solution. You can simply approach the rent tribunal and get the tenant thrown out the legal and proper way. Not only that the tribunal can order the tenant to pay you for the use and occupation of your house, called mesne profit and the money awarded can even be higher than the normal rent you would have received. 1 year and 7month is a very long time. If you had approached a lawyer quickly you could have gotten him out legally long before now with your money in hand. Self help isn't the way to go.

and you think it's that easy to evict a tenant? Lol. It takes not just a lawyer. Mutual agreement and dialogue works better. He will live in that house and you'll be frustrated wasting money on lawyers

anitank:

I'm saying tra**sh??! Someone like u will live in another person's house for years without thinking of building ur own simply because u feel u have more rights as a tenant. I'm truly sorry for u

I think I should be sorry for you cos you and your mom is not exercising your rights as a landlord... Talking your trash about living in a house... I am a landlord in my way so I know what it means to be a landlord. Exercise your rights and eject the stubborn tenant but in a right way that's just my point ma.

Many landlords make the mistake of thinking that Lawyers are expensive, so the resort to self help.
How much would it have cost this landlady to go to a lawyer and get things done the right way.
I manage my family's properties and my tenants know that even rent increments come from the lawyer. You owe rent, after three months grace you will be hearing from my lawyer.
Now the landlady has been embarrassed, and she will pay fine after the whole brouhaha.
SMH

slimmy05:
and you think it's that easy to evict a tenant? Lol. It takes not just a lawyer. Mutual agreement and dialogue works better. He will live in that house and you'll be frustrated wasting money on lawyers

I know it is relatively easy to evict a tenant. If the tenant is truly past the time he should vacate the property, if you serve him the right notices properly the court will get you back your property. The only problem is getting a honest lawyer. It is far better than self help which lands landlords in trouble.
of course mutual dialogue is always the first option but we are talking about a situation where a stubborn tenant is refusing to vacate the property. That kinda person won't listen to mutual dialogue.

to9ine:


I thought I was d only person dt saw this, after reading many positive. comments ... any one DT sees justice here, is either sick or too dull to understand.. where is the justice ?? 300 k damages, sentence: 50k OR
!! utter madness... no justice for the poor.. by the way, I hope we realize the fine will be paid to the court not victim .. too sad

I'm sure there must be remedy for the tenant if not y go to the court For him to be jailed or pay for damages? Examplary damages is the punishment here...

eagleeye2:
Many landlords make the mistake of thinking that Lawyers are expensive, so the resort to self help.
How much would it have cost this landlady to go to a lawyer and get things done the right way.
I manage my family's properties and my tenants know that even rent increments come from the lawyer. You owe rent, after three months grace you will be hearing from my lawyer.
Now the landlady has been embarrassed, and she will pay fine after the whole brouhaha.
SMH

Exactly what I have been saying. The landlord ideally doesn't need to be running after the tenant and engaging in roforofo fight with them. Get a good lawyer to serve the right notices and things will proceed smoothly.

ibedun:
Useless tenants, go and die or build your own house.

Especially so with those marauding defaulting SE people in Lagos.

u are a fool

akinsadeez:


Honestly I can feel your pain but removing the roof of such a tenant isn't the best solution. You can simply approach the rent tribunal and get the tenant thrown out the legal and proper way. Not only that the tribunal can order the tenant to pay you for the use and occupation of your house, called mesne profit and the money awarded can even be higher than the normal rent you would have received. 1 year and 7month is a very long time. If you had approached a lawyer quickly you could have gotten him out legally long before now with your money in hand. Self help isn't the way to go.

you must be a lawyer? Thanks for the points. Every thing must be done in a proper way for all parties to be happy!

modelmike7:
The Judge should kindly be transfer to Lagos ASAP, by the time like 10 Landlords land for jail, the others will learn their lessons and treat their tenants like TFC customers!!!

As we have bad landlord, we also have very bad tenants it depend on which side you are

klem93:
haaa, despite the fact that its his house? wonder sha never end, people that deserve harsh judgement una go let dem go and pounds on helpless people with useless judgement... naija na wa ooo

. U go school at all? So u dont know a tenant has some rights. Which one is wonder here now? I dont blame u because abnormalty has bcome normal in nigeria. So if u a landlord u will do exactly that barbaric thing?

akinsadeez:


I know it is relatively easy to evict a tenant. If the tenant is truly past the time he should vacate the property, if you serve him the right notices properly the court will get you back your property. The only problem is getting a honest lawyer. It is far better than self help which lands landlords in trouble.
of course mutual dialogue is always the first option but we are talking about a situation where a stubborn tenant is refusing to vacate the property. That kinda person won't listen to mutual dialogue.

There is nothing like a stubborn tenant in the eyes of the Law. Get a lawyer and tell the lawyer what you want him to do.
it is only when you want to use self help that you start talking about stubborn tenants.
Dialogue with the tenant and let him or her know that after two or three months past his due, he or she will be hearing from your lawyers. And mean it.

akinsadeez:


I know it is relatively easy to evict a tenant. If the tenant is truly past the time he should vacate the property, if you serve him the right notices properly the court will get you back your property. The only problem is getting a honest lawyer. It is far better than self help which lands landlords in trouble.
of course mutual dialogue is always the first option but we are talking about a situation where a stubborn tenant is refusing to vacate the property. That kinda person won't listen to mutual dialogue.

and you think serving him 6months notice and at the expiry of the notice, the court edicts him forcefully. Even if it's Festus Keyamo be your lawyer, I will stay in that house till I get accommodation suitable for my family as I earlier searched for yours

360command:
shut the fvck up, u do not know what it is for a tenant to stay under your roof for 1 or 2 year(s) without paying rent. I pray you become a landlord. Though, I do not support what the landlord did to the tenant.

. . . . . . I believe there are better ways (legal-wise) to resolve issues like that, but to remove the whole roof of a building, during the rainy season knowing that a tenant's belongings and properties are inside is not just right and it is uncalled for!!!. . . . . . . . . In btw, learn how to quote and talk to someone without an insult, pls i plead with you, cos i have not insulted you kid bro!

@Inverted Hammer .....The criminal proceedings in the Magistrate Court does not debar or estop the Tenant from suing and recovering another lump sum of money as damages in a civil suit for the irreparable losses suffered by him & occasioned by the conduct of his now convicted Landlandy....
Mind you the #50,000 fine imposed in lieu of the prison term if paid by the convicted Landlady would never have been handed over to him.....It goes to the Ekiti State Governments' Treasury/Chest.

toyetade:


As we have bad landlord, we also have very bad tenants it depend on which side you are

. . . . . . . . . You are absolutely right bro, but . . . . . . I believe there are better ways (legal-wise) to resolve issues like that, but to remove the whole roof of a building, during the rainy season knowing that a tenant's belongings and properties are inside is not just right and it is uncalled for!!!

Please landlords and landladies, make sure you draft a contract/agreement before letting your house out. Spell out all the terms clearly in the contract. In case of a default or difficult tenants, take a copy of the contract to your lawyer and have him start the process of ejecting the difficult tenant. At most it will take between 6months to one year, and the tenant will vacate your property.
No matter how humble or gentle a tenant looks, ensure he signs a contract before moving in. The contract/agreement is the only thing that assures you of quick recovery of your property in the event of default.

slimmy05:
and you think serving him 6months notice and at the expiry of the notice, the court edicts him forcefully. Even if it's Festus Keyamo be your lawyer, I will stay in that house till I get accommodation suitable for my family as I earlier searched for yours

I don't understand. How will you stay in the house when the court bailiffs in conjunction with law enforcement agents have packed your belongings out of the house. If the court has given an order that you should vacate the premises and the landlord enforces it, you will be packed out of the house together with your property but it will be done legally with the presence and approval of court officials. So how then will you stay in the house till you get suitable accomodation

Cornel88:


If the Judge was transfered to Lagos, the statute referred to, Section 401 of the Criminal Code; Cap C 16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2013 will not be applicable in Lagos.

. . . . . . There will always be a Section, Criminal Code, Cap, and the Laws in Lagos State that will be applicable! Its only the numbers that would have been different!

The prison term and the N50k fine are not equal. It's like choosing between the devil and a shallow swimming pool. I mean, who wouldn't pay a N50k fine to avoid a 3yr jail term? I think the morale of the kasala is just to warn landlords that even mai-rents (i.e. Tenants in English) also have rights. Pay up woman, or we lock ur up in that hell hole.




_{Her surname is funny though - Adakeja (Silent fighter) Hmmm awon iya mi osoronga}

akinsadeez:



I don't understand. How will you stay in the house when the court bailiffs in conjunction with law enforcement agents have packed your belongings out of the house. If the court has given an order that you should vacate the premises and the landlord enforces it, you will be packed out of the house together with your property but it will be done legally with the presence and approval of court officials. So how then will you stay in the house till you get suitable accomodation

and you think to get such court injunctions is as easy as buying a newspaper? Well, with your write up, shows you have little knowledge of court rulings as regards landlord- tenant issues.

slimmy05:
and you think serving him 6months notice and at the expiry of the notice, the court edicts him forcefully. Even if it's Festus Keyamo be your lawyer, I will stay in that house till I get accommodation suitable for my family as I earlier searched for yours

Depends on the contact you sign. If its my property, you have a month notice in writing, after that we are heading to court. A month is my contract or agreement, irrespective if you pay yearly.
The Contract you sign, superceed all other laws. Because you signed freely and not under duress. At most you will be staying for 6 months to a year. :

vivalavida:
Why wont she remove the zinc anyhow? Abi is it not that brown rusted zinc roof that adorns all the houses in interior South West Nigeria?

Had it been she used Long-span roofing sheets or those Stone-coated tiles roofing materials that are quite xpensive that igbo boiz are known to use to roof their houses,she wouldnt try that

Now u have gotten the attention u need bigoted fool.. It's rusted but ur people won't stop trooping from their heavens to settle in towns with these rusted zinc..

eagleeye2:

Depends on the contact you sign. If its my property, you have a month notice in writing, after that we are heading to court. A month is my contract or agreement, irrespective if you pay yearly.
The Contract you sign, superceed all other laws. Because you signed freely and not under duress. At most you will be staying for 6 months to a year.
Depends on the contact you sign. If its my property, you have a month notice in writing, after that we are heading to court. A month is my contract or agreement, irrespective if you pay yearly.
The Contract you sign, superceed all other laws. Because you signed freely and not under duress. At most you will be staying for 6 months to a year.

then you will tell me which law permits you to request for yearly rent when the law doesn't stipulat such and what the hell give you the notion that it's your house and you can do whatever you seem satisfactory. You need to jam a very good tenant. You'll become more a tenant in your own house. I know i will never happen to be your tenant, but I pray you jam a very knowledgeable headstrong man like me. No will stay in your house for a good 1year 6months before I vacate the house and within this period any act of yours will be subjected to a fresh case. So you will be ready to visit the court always for that 1year 6months. Lawyers will continue to milk you

@slimmy05......Once the right steps as provided for in law are adhered to...culminating a valid order of court for the recovery j reversion of the possesion of the let property back to the landlord...No one needs a Festus Keyamo as his lawyer....for you to be cleared of all your recedivist doubts...You'll be made an instant neighbourhood celebrity to the delight of street urchins when the mechinery of the Nigerian state is brought to bear in enforcing the valid order of the court.

slimmy05:
then you will tell me which law permits you to request for yearly rent when the law doesn't stipulat such and what the hell give you the notion that it's your house and you can do whatever you seem satisfactory. You need to jam a very good tenant. You'll become more a tenant in your own house. I know i will never happen to be your tenant, but I pray you jam a very knowledgeable headstrong man like me. No will stay in your house for a good 1year 6months before I vacate the house and within this period any act of yours will be subjected to a fresh case. So you will be ready to visit the court always for that 1year 6months. Lawyers will continue to milk you

Bro, ask any lawyer. Once you FREELY sign the contract document, it is binding on you irrespective of what the law says. Moreover you will sign the Contract and your surety will also sign, in the presence of a witness.
The will first ask if there was Contract signed and if it was freely signed.
I don't need to resort to self help when I have a binding and duely signed contract.
If I may add, I have had a lawyer, a FRSC lady, a politician, a teacher, a local government worker as my tenants at one point or another.
I hardly take in illiterates or just anyone. I recently returned a prospective tenants money, because I was of the view that if I take him in, we will clash in future.

eceke007:
Use have heard the story of the court and the magistrate but have not heard the story of the landlord. A reasonable landlord will not eject a tenant without reason. Do you know whether the tenant fulfils his obligation by paying his rent, I don't support the landlord removing the roof of the house like that. Let us reason together

Then take the tenant to court and do the right thing. The judge will not only eject the tenant, he will ensure the tenant pays all backlog and even more money.

slimmy05:
and you think to get such court injunctions is as easy as buying a newspaper? Well, with your write up, shows you have little knowledge of court rulings as regards landlord- tenant issues.

Hehehehe. So funny. . I know about them because I have handled landlord-tenant cases myself. No one is saying that any court case will be as easy as buying newspaper because the court has to hear both sides and give a considered judgment and this takes time but that is the legal and proper way of doing things.
Besides the order/judgment given by the court in this type of case is not called an injunction.

anitank:

Don't mind all these people who are quick to judge. And while I don't condone harsh treatments from Landlords, some tenants are simply wicked!! One of my mum's tenants is owing rent for more than 2years now. She has neither refused to pay nor leave, even when my mum asked her to forget the rent she's owing and move out. This is just one of them. And my mum is the type that has too much sympathy on people. She ends up pleading for them each time we want to take it up

Now tell me how many people here can tolerate such tenants

. I feel u dear but there are procedure in every situation. So I do advice ur mom to follow due process in evicting her. First os all get a lawyer to serve her notice and is she don't leave u can go to court. Anoda option use adura(prayer) pursue her from ur house.

ibedun:
Useless tenants, go and die or build your own house.

Especially so with those marauding defaulting SE people in Lagos.

Do I blame u ? D fact is dey r paying ur rent if dose SE pple r not here wonder who will rent UR house sometimes u pple just type from UR anus. D fact u a landlord does not mean u shud treat tenants as if dey got no right. Callous landlords n landladies turning demselves to demigods..... Ish