The tenant who incurred this N2M Nepa debt in one of my houses, was renting an apartment for N250k per annum. And Ikeja Electric allowed him to rack up this bill. Tenant packed out. They are asking me to pay almost all his rent for 10 years as meter debt!

Hmm...thats why some people will die as a tenant, they can never progress in this life karma is real...how did ya think yo're gonna destroy someone's property and be succesfull thereafter...Never!!

Was he running a factory from his apartment?

If it's estimated biling, you can drag them to court.

How can one believe this story? Is that apartment, a factory or is the building a hotel? How can one believe that a small apartment can rack up such amount and IKEDC allowed such debt? Surely this must be wrong information.

However, if it is true that such a bill was incurred, involving the Police would go a long way. One thing is certain; IKEDC will demand their money completely.

The tenant should be traced and taken to court to settle his bills, estimated billing or not getting should come and sort it out himself. It's because of people like him that good people are finding life more and more difficult everyday

I don't think I will agree to pay such amount besides why will they allow the tenant to use the service without paying all through the 10 months? Estimated ke!

Caramia2020:
I don't think I will agree to pay such amount besides why will they allow the tenant to use the service without paying all through the 10 months? Estimated ke!

From what the OP wrote, that's the total bill for 10 years.

10 years!!!

Some people get mind o. I'm suspecting the tenant bypassed his meter.

If not ... How did the bill pile up to this level

This is serious, is the landlord not awared about the bill for good 10yrs before the tenant packed out?. That means no inspection from the landlord throughout the tenant period in that house.

Tenant from hell.

thesicilian:
The tenant should be traced and taken to court to settle his bills, estimated billing or not getting should come and sort it out himself. It's because of people like him that good people are finding life more and more difficult everyday

Now now you don believe that thing

My electric bill don parse 20 billion



From my solar farm to crypto farm running 24/7

That bill divided by 120 months is 17k+ per month. Do you mean that bill is actually for an apartment or the combined bill of 4 flats. More impressive is how they left the structure running on free power with that humongous bill 🤔

What tribe is the tenant?

I thought their ought to be a cap on estimated bill

Who will talk about the depth buhari left us with

mdfash:
The tenant who incurred this N2M Nepa debt in one of my houses, was renting an apartment for N250k per annum. And Ikeja Electric allowed him to rack up this bill. Tenant packed out. They are asking me to pay almost all his rent for 10 years as meter debt!

What must have been happening here is that their staff will be collecting small tips from the tenant and allow the tenant to continue having light without disconnection.
Report to NERC. That is Ikeja Electric's loss. By NERC's laws they are not allowed to transfer an old tenant's backlock to another. It's their responsibility to disconnect an owing customer to prevent bill accumulation. They can't ask you to bear responsibility for their irresponsibility.

DMerciful01:
Hmm...thats why some people will die as a tenant, they can never progress in this life karma is real...how did ya think yo're gonna destroy someone's property and be succesfull thereafter...Never!!

You are not asking relevant questions before exuding your thoughts.

1. How long has the tenant stayed in his facility?
2. What was the original bill on the post paid meter before the tenant packed in?
3. What is the monthly estimated bills given to that flat before and after he entered the flat?
4. Was he paying electricity bills during the pendency of his stay if yes how much?
5. Has the tenant complained to the landlord about his exorbitant bills and wether that has been the status quo if yes what has the landlord done to rectify billing associated with his flat?

Answers to all of these questions will help you decifer where the problem is coming from. It would be foolish for a tenant to pay electricity bill for such house at the rate of 100k per month for example leading to accumulation of bills over a period of time.

That seems like overbilling for a small flat, the charge per kilowat should be reviewed and amended.

As a landlord, did you provide a working meter in the apartment? And did you find out if he was being given estimated bills?

RoyalBlu:


From what the OP wrote, that's the total bill for 10 years.

10 years!!!

Some people get mind o. I'm suspecting the tenant bypassed his meter.

If not ... How did the bill pile up to this level

It's definitely estimated billing and the PHCN staff are complicit as well. I once witnessed a friend getting a bill of 320K for a month. The guy nearly killed the PHCN guy that delivered it.

Firstly, they will bring outrageous bills (let's say 220K in a month) and advice the tennant to pay whatever he/she can afford.

For some months, they would be content with the tennant settling them with 10K rather than pay into the company account. That's how the debt will keep piling.

There's no way a person can rack up that amount of debt on a prepaid metre.

RoyalBlu:


From what the OP wrote, that's the total bill for 10 years.

10 years!!!

Some people get mind o. I'm suspecting the tenant bypassed his meter.

If not ... How did the bill pile up to this level

Read well.

The tenant didn't stay in the house for 10 years.

The op only stated that NEPA wants him to pay the equivalent of 10years rent of his Tennant to clear off the debt

That tenant alone did not accumulate that bill, several other tenants that stayed in the apartment prior to him also added to the debt. The landlord was too nonchalant to follow it up, he'll have to bear part of the costs else he won't be able to reconnect the power and rent out the apartment.

This is the reason why some set of people will never make it in life, cos with this kind act the tenant may not make it

Trimjos:


Read well.

The tenant didn't stay in the house for 10 years.

The op only stated that NEPA wants him to pay the equivalent of 10years rent of his Tennant to clear off the debt

Oh! I see what you mean now. Merci!

The tenant's rent for 10 years is almost equivalent to the humongous electric bill 😲.

Can't help but still wonder for how long the tenant skipped paying his bills.

safarifarms:

What must have been happening here is that their staff will be collecting small tips from the tenant and allow the tenant to continue having light without disconnection.
Report to NERC. That is Ikeja Electric's loss. By NERC's laws they are not allowed to transfer an old tenant's backlock to another. It's their responsibility to disconnect an owing customer to prevent bill accumulation. They can't ask you to bear responsibility for their irresponsibility.

wow. If this is true, den so much better