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

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

Kunlelee:
and you are praying to God for breakthrough ? emotion aside that maybe the landlord source of living, imagine someone patronizing your business for straight eight months without paying a kobo.

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.

naijainstinct:
Simply just obtain a police report and proceed to court. Even though you owe him, he should have obtained an eviction order from the court. He has broken the law. If you don't sue him, he will do it again. We are not in a jungle, there's a due process for everything. Being owed is not a reason to act outside the ambit of the law. Also, don't allow anyone harass you. Going by the ACJA 2015, police should not interfere in civil matters such as this. Indebtedness is not a criminal offence. The reason why you are reporting to the police is because a criminal offence has been committed by your landlord i.e obtaining your asset without your notice (a.k.a stealing) and breaking into your apartment (a.k.a burglary)



The money he would have used to do all these above you mentioned,he would have used the money to pay his landlord.


Make sure you pay your rent too. All the best.

Quaddafi29:
If he did not exhaust all legal framework for ejection and moved your properties with court bailiffs, then you are now a very rich man. Just use even the laziest lawyer and gain like 100m if you are the merciful kind.

naijainstinct:
You think the magistrate/judge is a fool? His brother doesn't need to break in to access his flat. Precise I'm sure other tenants will witness against the landlord. You think you escape the law by just lying? No be who first report case they win ooo? And going to the police to report an indebted tenant clearly shows the landlord is ignorant of the provisions of the law

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

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

helpee:
Tenants can do anything. If they are owing you, they can quickly pack their stuffs and run so it is either way. If some people came to park the things and the landlord didn't show face when they were packing it, why would you accuse him of breaking your door. The only thing you rightly said is that no one can predict a case either in police station or court. They never turn case for your head before?

bantamx:
See better market,how I wish na me I go claim say I get 2million naira worth of gold inside the room wey my brother send from abroad to keep for him. Oga landlord u go lose both the house and land join before u pay am finish

FamTomx2:


Then the landlord must provide the brother of Op for confession since landlord is aware about his invasion to his house.

naijainstinct:
You are clearly ignorant of the law. Will the court support illegal invasion of a tenant's flat? Criminal offences will always be weightier than civil offences anytime anyday.

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

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

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

safesurfer:

Well it depends on the kind of man the landlord is o.

I know some landlords that won't mind staging his death. How much do you think human life is worth with these agberos? Less than 1m!