A Tenant, Ikechukwu residing at John Egwutu farm road Rumuosi,Obi/Akpor Local Government Area has written a letter to his landlord,Mr Nduddim Kenneth, demanding ten million naira for damages,loss and pain he(tenant,) suffered after the landlord allegedly de-roofed his(tenant) apartment on guise of renovation.
According to Revelation Agent,- “Mr Ikechukwu in a letter by his Counsel C.C.Onyeka Esq of Gray Edge Attorneys to the lawyer of his landlord,Mirabel Usoro Esq titled “DEMAND FOR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF TEN MILLION NAIRA (N10,000,000.00) ONLY
BEING AND REPRESENTING MALICIOUS DAMAGE OF THE PROPERTIES OF OUR CLIENT(Ikechukwu)” disclosed that they are solicitors to Ikechukwu and on whose instruction they write:
“Our Client is in receipt of your letter dated 9th December 2024, purporting to be a seven days Owners intention to apply to recover possession which we responded to on the 6th day of March, 2025 despite taking cognizance that the said notice falls short of the minimal requirement of the content of a seven days owners intention nor filed with the Magistrate Court Registry.
It was glaringly a notice of an impending forcible eviction of Our Client and his family from their residence which they hold of your client, as statutory tenants.
In the last paragraph of your letter dated the 9th day of December, 2024, you expressed your client’s unequivocal intention of forceful ejection in the event Our Client fails to give up vacant possession of his apartment.
“The exact words reads, “it is our opinion that a forceful ejection may not be in your interest, hence this NOTICE”.
That soon after the date on the letter expired, your Client caused Our Client’s house/apartment to be de-roofed
under the guise of a general renovation in order to make good his threat of forceful eviction against Our Client within this rainy season which exercise lasted for several days without alternative place/accommodate in place.
“It is Our Client’s brief that soon after his 2 bedroom apartment was deroofed with his wife who had just put to
bed still trapped inside his apartment, his two children exposed to cold, his personal belonging/effect,properties including gift items from family and friends during his marriage, landed documents including
certificates, his television sets with its console, boxes/bags of wife’s cloths, Italian cottons with its frames all
weather beaten.
“Worst still while the renovation was ongoing, our client’s son was hit with
a large particle of POP due to the renovation exercise which made him suffer severe shock, the entire family
was exposed to cold, both mental and psychological trauma owing to this unwarranted action of your client.
“Premised on the above, Our Client hereby demand an immediate payment of the sum of Ten Million Naira
(N10,000,000.00) only for damages, loss, pains and trauma suffered by him and damage his entire family due
to your Client’s unconscionable act of carrying out major renovation while Our Client and his family still reside
in their apartment. We expect prompt compliance within seven days of your receipt of this letter”.
The Counsel to the tenant, Onyeka Esq in the letter,further stated that that in event the landlord fails, refuses and or neglects to comply with his client’s demand,he shall not
hesitate to expedite action on his Client’s further instructions without any further recourse to the landlord
C.C Onyeka Esq,Counsel to the tenant(Ikechukwu) urged the landlord’s lawyer to advise her client(Ndudim Kenneth) to desist from the lawless procedure he has adopted and to adhere to the laid down procedure for recovery of premises for statutory tenants in Rivers
State of Nigeria and respect for the rule of law.
Our correspondent reports that the letter was copied to the Commissioner of Police, and to the Press.
When contacted,Mirabel Usoro Esq, counsel to the landlord, Ndudim Kenneth denied the allegation.
She said the roof of the tenant’s apartment was not deroofed but it was repairing a leaking roof in agreement with the tenant(Ikechukwu) who had earlier complained that the roof is leaking.
She said despite the fact that the tenant’s rent expired February, 2025 the landlord in his good heart still carried out repairs of a leaking roof based on complaints from Mr Ikechukwu.
Source: Revelation Agent
