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Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by wirinet(m): 8:07pm On Oct 15, 2021

Iamolukorede:
Left to me, I will break into your apartment and still charged you to court. For solid 8month and you have been away for 13month and still counting. Haha, can you do that abroad?.. you pay your bills monthly man.

He should have charged him to court instead of breaking into his apartment. A landlord has no right to break into a tenants apartment even if the tenant is owing 8 years.

Besides, the landlord can only sue to a civil court and not a criminal Court as owing is not a crime. Meanwhile the tenant can sue the landlord to a criminal Court, which involves bail money, surety and all. The landlord will pay through his nose if taken to court.

You should be pleading with him or be sleeping in cell by now man, that you have lived with him for 8years doesn't mean a shit.

Sleeping in cell for what offense exactly? Owing someone for service rendered?

You people behave like Fulani business. You want special privileges given to people who engage in rent business, just like Fulani people want special privileges given to cow business ( free land). When customers owe for services or goods supplied, you take them to civil court to recover your money and not resort to self help or violence.

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Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by Terrier99: 8:07pm On Oct 15, 2021

If I were your landlord, I will go diabolical on you. People like you are the scum of the earth and you don't deserve to amount to anything good.

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by BeardedMeat(m): 8:11pm On Oct 15, 2021

helpee:
You think the landlord is a fool ? He already denied it. He even said it was the brother of the OP that came to pack the things out. Unless you have video evidence or witnesses, the OP have no case. The man even quickly went to report at the police station that the OP wanted to park out without paying his rent.

This is the kind of stupid alibi Americans attorneys and investigators like. They will tear the landlord to shreds. But this is Nigeria.

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Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by FamTomx2(m): 8:20pm On Oct 15, 2021

helpee:
Foool. The tenant property is in landlord's care.. Why not kuku put your wife in his care? Your brain has been formatted. Kid. Landlord is solely responsible for security in his compound. You are a fool. Are you paying him service charges? This one is even a baby. I have houses I haven't been to in more than one year. So if your brother come to pack your load I should go and get police on your behalf. Idiort!!! Security is a collective responsibility based on stated agreement. Why am I even talking further with this Foool that lacks public decorum?

Demented e-diot I know your kind, cheap articles patronizer, low life being,

In a good estate you are entitled with a superior security system even though you are owing or out of town for a long time, no one dare burgle your apartment or throw your property away .

Old fool poverty had ravaged your miserable life already,

I know it's is face me I slap you compound that you have spent all your miserable life with experience you are talking about here,

Mumu, am I supposed to be engaging your ignorance here.

Op, find a good lawyer!

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by sinistermind(m): 8:20pm On Oct 15, 2021

bantamx:

and the 2million naira gold jewelries I hid under his bed when I last visited

I remember that day o. I hope it is still in the house.

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Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by Konjiboi: 8:24pm On Oct 15, 2021

What the landlord did is unlawful. Personal eviction is unknown to law.

But you sef, put yourself in your landlord's shoes. You leave your things in another man's house and disappear for months meanwhile you're owing him.

Is it fair? The man has tried jareh. Go and see him and reason things out with him naturedly and peacefully.

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by Nozino: 8:24pm On Oct 15, 2021

Apple2:

Even if he was given notice that doesn't mean ejection. It is only a judge that has the power to totally eject a tenant. Landlord can give quite notice but lack the power to forcefully ejecting. If a landlord try it in Lagos he would lose a big time. I'm owing my landlord and I'm willing to pay him his 5months rent but money never de hand, that doesn't mean my landlord can throw my stuffs out, I will get mad at him and Sue his ass claiming millions of naira damages

This mentality is why you will remain poor and never own your own home!

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by Simeony007(m): 8:24pm On Oct 15, 2021

AlhajiBitcoin:

Riff raff mentality.

Reaping where you did not sow. It's people like you who make people take laws into their hands.

Parasitic Deadwood.

Calm down Robinwood no be me be the Tenant

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by helpee(m): 8:26pm On Oct 15, 2021

BeardedMeat:
This is the kind of stupid alibi Americans attorneys and investigators like. They will tear the landlord to shreds. But this is Nigeria.

In your so called America, the op won't last four months before they throw out his property. You will owe landlord for eight months in America and they won't send your property packing . You guys will just watch one film and be generalising. Go and owe your landlord in America and see wether you won't end up on the streets

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by Solatium(m): 8:26pm On Oct 15, 2021

BryanZino:
Hello guys, I'm new to posting on this forum so I don't know the best section this post should be.
As I type this, I'm currently sick and there so much anger and pain within, I haven't been able to eat or drink since I got the news from my neighbor who told me that my landlord came to the house with a strange face, broke the locks to my apartment and packed my things out, I sent a relative to confirm and she said everything is outside but he went with my TV set.
I called the landlord to ask what he has done, he blatantly lied telling me I sent my 'brother' to clear my things off the apartment that he has reported me to Police.
Yes, I owe him 8months rent and I've away for 13 months even before the last year rent I paid expired. I told him I'll be back by November and I'll pay once I get in.
Pls even though I owe him, it doesn't feel right stealing my property and throwing the rest in the rain
Pls I'm lost and dire need of legal advice
Edit: while I'm not absolving my self of the guilt that I owe the landlord this long and purely due to loss of job (covid19 problems) and there's no way I go there and get my stuff without paying the backlog. [code][/code] he freaking broke in and kept what he desired for himself and lied he didn't. Haba, this is wrong na

There is no law that can save the situation here bro,even if he had asked you to leave you are only entitle 6 months Quit notice,in this case you are owing him for 8 months,you should have run around and send him like 6 months salary before he acts.
So sorry it's too late

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by Simeony007(m): 8:29pm On Oct 15, 2021

drealcivilceno:

Oga go and read tenant law... This one na super story!

See this one, you know nothing lol

Tenant Law ko, Landlord punishment ni

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by highoctane: 8:29pm On Oct 15, 2021

BryanZino:
I know 8 months is a lot but I've stayed there 8 years and never owed and I haven't been able to gather the bulk to pay right now but I don't think he's at liberty to break and enter and select what he can keep for himself

That you're owing rent, do not warrant your home owner to break into your apartment at his free will. For him to do, it was likely a he must have gone to court obtain an order of the court for you to appear before same, which likely because of your absence, gave him the leeway to obtain a court order to break, enter, and vacate your items.
If upon investigation due process of the law was not followed, report to the police and charge him for break and entering. Do not go and start making false accusations of what you don't have as a property or personal effects, like I have $50000, I have a Rolex watch, I have this and I have that.
List all the unrecoverable items that was damaged and quantify their value, and claim it's comfort.
In summary, did he ever sent a text, called to remind you, or wrote a letter reminding you the debt you owed and the need to pay up.? Any of these actions can provoke a court proceedings against you.

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by Simeony007(m): 8:33pm On Oct 15, 2021

obstead200:
if I am this landlord, that tenant will never be alive to finish that case.
I will send assassins to end his miserable life. One week Before doing that, I will set the restaurant on fire.

And who do you think the number one suspect will be? do you know that the Landlord never knew that the Tenant will behave that way before destroying his properties? If he plan to kill him after the scene he will even lose more than the land.

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by Simeony007(m): 8:33pm On Oct 15, 2021

Shellsploit:

Aguda ogba close to excellence hotel?

Na inside Aguda e dey

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Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by wirinet(m): 8:53pm On Oct 15, 2021

Solatium:

There is no law that can save the situation here bro,even if he had asked you to leave you are only entitle 6 months Quit notice,in this case you are owing him for 8 months,you should have run around and send him like 6 months salary before he acts.
So sorry it's too late

The six months start counting from the day you acknowledge receipt of the quit notice and not from the day your rent expires. If the landlord had not giving him quit notice, then the six months has not started running.

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Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by Malawian(m): 8:58pm On Oct 15, 2021

BryanZino:
Hello guys, I'm new to posting on this forum so I don't know the best section this post should be.
As I type this, I'm currently sick and there so much anger and pain within, I haven't been able to eat or drink since I got the news from my neighbor who told me that my landlord came to the house with a strange face, broke the locks to my apartment and packed my things out, I sent a relative to confirm and she said everything is outside but he went with my TV set.
I called the landlord to ask what he has done, he blatantly lied telling me I sent my 'brother' to clear my things off the apartment that he has reported me to Police.
Yes, I owe him 8months rent and I've away for 13 months even before the last year rent I paid expired. I told him I'll be back by November and I'll pay once I get in.
Pls even though I owe him, it doesn't feel right stealing my property and throwing the rest in the rain
Pls I'm lost and dire need of legal advice
Edit: while I'm not absolving my self of the guilt that I owe the landlord this long and purely due to loss of job (covid19 problems) and there's no way I go there and get my stuff without paying the backlog. [code][/code] he freaking broke in and kept what he desired for himself and lied he didn't. Haba, this is wrong na

Can't you just transfer his rent?

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by jameel6: 9:00pm On Oct 15, 2021

Mr Man, anything you are doing to somebody, remember one day it will be your turn, you will be landlord someday. If you have cordial relationship with your landlord he won't go that extent. I don't understand how you can have the nerves to owe rent of 8 months and feel comfortable with it.

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by Oju4190: 9:01pm On Oct 15, 2021

They are ways of doing things we call it due process......If the landlord follow the due process by going to the court and the court gave him the go ahead, Then by brother u have no case.... Just look for money and go and pay to reclaim Ur properties..... BUTTT,If he just did that on his own by taking the law into his hands....My brother u don hammer.....Just get any lawyer even a charge and bail lawyer can do the job for u......The landlord will b on his knee begging.....He doesn't have any right to enter Ur apartment even though u lock it for twenty years without involving the court whom will assign a police officer to go with him to broke or open the door of Ur apartment in presence of the police officer.......Two wrongs cannot make a right.....U are holding him rent but he cannot just break into Ur apartment just like that.

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by musicwriter(m): 9:03pm On Oct 15, 2021

BryanZino:
Hello guys, I'm new to posting on this forum so I don't know the best section this post should be.
As I type this, I'm currently sick and there so much anger and pain within, I haven't been able to eat or drink since I got the news from my neighbor who told me that my landlord came to the house with a strange face, broke the locks to my apartment and packed my things out, I sent a relative to confirm and she said everything is outside but he went with my TV set.
I called the landlord to ask what he has done, he blatantly lied telling me I sent my 'brother' to clear my things off the apartment that he has reported me to Police.
Yes, I owe him 8months rent and I've away for 13 months even before the last year rent I paid expired. I told him I'll be back by November and I'll pay once I get in.
Pls even though I owe him, it doesn't feel right stealing my property and throwing the rest in the rain
Pls I'm lost and dire need of legal advice
Edit: while I'm not absolving my self of the guilt that I owe the landlord this long and purely due to loss of job (covid19 problems) and there's no way I go there and get my stuff without paying the backlog. [code][/code] he freaking broke in and kept what he desired for himself and lied he didn't. Haba, this is wrong na

Did you keep your landlord updated about your way about? Because he may have waited for your return for too long and may have thought that you're dead. You can't just vanish to nowhere and expect him not to do something about recovery of his property. However, the question is whether he did that the right way. This is assuming it was indeed your landlord that broke into your house. I need to say that because emotions apart, I must be honest to tell you that you have no case unless you can prove in a competent court that it was your landlord that broke into your house.

Having said that, I can testify that some landlords or some people generally are evil. I lived in Cotonou in a house belonging to such evil men. This man went as far as using jazz on me but he didn't realize the type of person that I am. He even invited a jazz woman to the house but I killed the woman the same day he packed into the house. Then he invited credit card thieves and bank hackers to steal money from me. They'll sit around the gate when I want to enter the house and they'll station a card reader machine to intercept my card details from my pocket. There's nothing he didn't do to rob me. In his house!! His name is Latedjou and he had no idea I was studying him for 4 years. I never owed him for one day or even quarrelled with him. On the surface he appears to be a nice person but on the inside he's pure evil.

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by frozen70(f): 9:04pm On Oct 15, 2021

BryanZino:
Hello guys, I'm new to posting on this forum so I don't know the best section this post should be.
As I type this, I'm currently sick and there so much anger and pain within, I haven't been able to eat or drink since I got the news from my neighbor who told me that my landlord came to the house with a strange face, broke the locks to my apartment and packed my things out, I sent a relative to confirm and she said everything is outside but he went with my TV set.
I called the landlord to ask what he has done, he blatantly lied telling me I sent my 'brother' to clear my things off the apartment that he has reported me to Police.
Yes, I owe him 8months rent and I've away for 13 months even before the last year rent I paid expired. I told him I'll be back by November and I'll pay once I get in.
Pls even though I owe him, it doesn't feel right stealing my property and throwing the rest in the rain
Pls I'm lost and dire need of legal advice
Edit: while I'm not absolving my self of the guilt that I owe the landlord this long and purely due to loss of job (covid19 problems) and there's no way I go there and get my stuff without paying the backlog. [code][/code] he freaking broke in and kept what he desired for himself and lied he didn't. Haba, this is wrong na

Just go and pack your things tfrom there, simple and lets have peace

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by ibrahim55(m): 9:08pm On Oct 15, 2021

iReddington:
Ahaan...but you wicked shaa! You owe rent of 8months and also locked the apartment for 1yr+
Ahh...you get mind oo.

like seriously this is not enough reason for the said landlord to break into and steal his properties he should get mr landlord arrested and charged asap

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by EJEHSON(m): 9:10pm On Oct 15, 2021

And so you want him to continue waiting for you until you come to pack your things before you will pay him. The man has bills to pay. Do you think this bills will be waiting for him? You lock someone's house and travel so he won't see you and ask for his rent.
The man built his house and put it on rent so he can plan his life, you are asking him to wait for you.

BryanZino:
Hello guys, I'm new to posting on this forum so I don't know the best section this post should be.
As I type this, I'm currently sick and there so much anger and pain within, I haven't been able to eat or drink since I got the news from my neighbor who told me that my landlord came to the house with a strange face, broke the locks to my apartment and packed my things out, I sent a relative to confirm and she said everything is outside but he went with my TV set.
I called the landlord to ask what he has done, he blatantly lied telling me I sent my 'brother' to clear my things off the apartment that he has reported me to Police.
Yes, I owe him 8months rent and I've away for 13 months even before the last year rent I paid expired. I told him I'll be back by November and I'll pay once I get in.
Pls even though I owe him, it doesn't feel right stealing my property and throwing the rest in the rain
Pls I'm lost and dire need of legal advice
Edit: while I'm not absolving my self of the guilt that I owe the landlord this long and purely due to loss of job (covid19 problems) and there's no way I go there and get my stuff without paying the backlog. [code][/code] he freaking broke in and kept what he desired for himself and lied he didn't. Haba, this is wrong na

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by silverx(m): 9:15pm On Oct 15, 2021

thesicilian:
I don't know if the law is on your side, but the fact is that you owe him money and if you really wanted to pay, you could have done that from anywhere in the world. 8months rent in this hard economy is not a joke.

That does not justify the breaking and entry into his house without his consent. Mind you, if it were to be a more saner Cline where the laws of the land works well that landlord will be sued.

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by Daboomb: 9:19pm On Oct 15, 2021

BryanZino:
Hello guys, I'm new to posting on this forum so I don't know the best section this post should be.
As I type this, I'm currently sick and there so much anger and pain within, .................

Yes, I owe him 8months rent and I've away for 13 months even before the last year rent I paid expired. I told him I'll be back by November and I'll pay once I get in.
Pls even though I owe him, it doesn't feel right stealing my property and throwing the rest in the rain
Pls I'm lost and dire need of legal advice

LEGAL ADVISE:
You should sue him to Court.
But if l were the Judge handling the case, I will send you to PRISON for at least Two Years.

It is Evil Tenants like you that make nice Landlord become brutal.
Imagine if that Flat was the Man's only source of income and you were brazen and comfortable enough to LOCK UP THE PLACE FOR 13MONTHS, without paying a Penny and not even communicating to the Man.

That your Pain and Anger will certainly end in Prison, insha Allah.

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by obstead200(m): 9:20pm On Oct 15, 2021

Simeony007:

And who do you think the number one suspect will be? do you know that the Landlord never knew that the Tenant will behave that way before destroying his properties? If he plan to kill him after the scene he will even lose more than the land.

suspect

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by lereinter(m): 9:21pm On Oct 15, 2021

BryanZino:
I know 8 months is a lot but I've stayed there 8 years and never owed and I haven't been able to gather the bulk to pay right now but I don't think he's at liberty to break and enter and select what he can keep for himself

He broke into his house abi

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by lereinter(m): 9:23pm On Oct 15, 2021

dominique:

This is wickedness, not only did you owe for eight months you locked his house for over a year. You deserve to have your things thrown out into the streets! Majority of tenants we have today are horrible sets of people! Imagine if that house was the landlord's main source of income, that's how you would have deprived the man from making money for an entire year and you expect God not to punish you. I hope you build your own house one day and one useless tenant will lock it up for 600 years without paying

Wicked tenants abound in nigeria.

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by Daboomb: 9:26pm On Oct 15, 2021

silverx:
That does not justify the breaking and entry into his house without his consent. Mind you, if it were to be a more saner Cline where the laws of the land works well that landlord will be sued.

You guys just speak, using one side of your brain! grin

Can you owe someone for 13Months, in any of those saner Climes like US, US or anywhere in Europe?
Can you lock up a Flat for 13Months in any of those places?

I can assure you that if you owe maximum of 2Months (for a generous Landlord), it will not take One week for the Tenancy Tribunal to give the Landlord to throw out your things.
Infact, in the "Saner Climes", once your Rent is due by One Week and they dont see Alert, hey would change the Keys to the Door, the next Week while they get Sheriff to come and Pack your Property for "Storage", which you will still pay for, but the Landlord would have replaced you with a Tenant ready to pay his Rent as at when due.

If you have never lived in such "saner Climes" or paid Rent there, please stop commenting on what happens there. undecided

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Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by ADAMUdaCOWBOY: 9:28pm On Oct 15, 2021

thesicilian:
I don't know if the law is on your side, but the fact is that you owe him money and if you really wanted to pay, you could have done that from anywhere in the world. 8months rent in this hard economy is not a joke.

OP ignore ignoramuses like this, get a good lawyer, the fool will build a house for you. I hate stupid people. Quit notices are given for a reason, if a landlord chooses to be a tour, then treat him as such.

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by lereinter(m): 9:28pm On Oct 15, 2021

Simeony007:
Congratulations!!! Bros, You don blow ooo

Just find correct Lawyer

Something of such happened in Lagos here 9 years ago, the tenant rented an half plot, I don't really know how much he pays then for the rent, but he wasn't paying very well. He was owing the landlord a year rent.

He built a restaurant and bar on the land.

One day, Landlord got angry and arranged boys to destroy the man's shop. They destroy the walls without going inside not touching anything. The man told me this himself because I was going to rent part of the the land for my viewing center business that I wanted to open at the area then.

He reported the case to the police and got himself a lawyer because he was educated and an Ebo man. He took pictures for evidence and told the Judge that he left 5 million naira in his bar, his lawyer asked him to say that.

They charged the man to court and he explained what led to his actions but the Judge punished him by asking him to pay 8 million for damages or he can forget the land, and it belongs to the tenant until otherwise.

The man begged his tenant but he refused and got stroke. So, his children went to the man to beg and he asked them to go and bring 3 million and he will drop the case. Till today, the tenant has been using the land as he likes and renting it to other tenants like he owns it. The owner is late now so and the children never see 3m.

This happens at Aguda Ogba Lagos.

Congrats again

Akika

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by holorunwah: 9:28pm On Oct 15, 2021

Take the bastard landlord to court.... He has no right to broke your apartment.. In section 2.3a in law order... even if you own him 3years.

Re: My Landlord Broke Into My Apartment When I Travelled by holorunwah: 9:28pm On Oct 15, 2021

I repeat take the bastard to court

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