₦airaland Forum

@Eseries

1) As a yearly tenant you are entitled to six months notice. So this notice is illegal because according to you, your rent is still subsisting. After the expiration of your rent, you are only entitled to seven days notice.

2) If your Landlord is bent on evicting you, he should wait till your rent expires, then he can issue you with a statutory seven days "notice to a tenant at will" and after its expiration, issue you with another seven days notice of owner's intention to recover possession after which he will file a particulars of claim to evict you and claim arrears of rent (if any). This process could take over three months.

3) The tenancy law in Nigeria favours the tenant. This is what most landlords don't know.

4) Your Landlord cannot evict you without a Court order. And this can only be obtained after the case must have been heard in a court of competent jurisdiction.

5) You can sue your landlord if he resorts to self help or tries to evict you illegally (by unlawful means).

My advice to you is that you negotiate with your Landlord. Ask him to give you time to seek for another accommodation.

And please do not engage in any unlawful act. If your landlord crosses his boundary, don't retaliate, rather report him to the appropriate authorities.

#PEACE

"20-year-old . . . dating for the past four years. . .their parents are very supportive of their relationship..." I reserve my comments.