Tuesday, February 2, 2016

419 Landlord...pls Help.

Hello people, I am a core Nairaland member and I believe I can get help from people here...if I get punished for fun like this with people like you in this world, then I think the world is hopeless.

This is my story.....


On 28 December 2015, I paid the sum of 230,000 at 150k per annum for a room self contain at No 34, Mohamed street, Santos estate akowonjo, to a man named ONOKPITE UFUOMA aka, AMERICANA who is th landlord. His agent who showed me the room on inspection told me the only thing left in the room is just to fix the water which has stoped working because there was nobody is the room for long and that I should pack in the week that follows the date of payment.



A day b4 I was suppose to pack in, I received a call from the agent who told me the room is no longer available because the landlord's wife will be returning from abroad and will be taking over the room. I was so furious and demand they return my money. Instead of that, I was told to come to the house of which I did and they showed me another room which is incompleted. They had already started puting the place up with my money without letting me know. I was shown that same room on the day of inspection and they said it's going for 150k for one and half years which I abruptly turned down cus it's not worth it and I wasn't ready to wait for such construction to finish. All I wanted was a pay and park in house which they guaranteed me of.

On getting to the place, I told them I can't wait for the construction to be completed and they said ot will only take 2-3days to complete but that they will be needing another 6month rent being 75k to complete it. I was very angry and told them I can't raise six month rent. I just finished my NYSC and returned to Lagos to start a life. The kind of job am having at the moment is such that paid token just for sustenance pending the time I will get my dream job. I told them and there were like, if I can't get the money, there is little they can do to put up the place soon enough...

I was dearly in need of this room cus I had a very little time to stay with my bro who was getting married in 2 weeks time. I rally round to borrow the money and give to them. B4 I gave him the money, I insisted he should let me handle the comoletion myself, but he insisted that I can't build his house for him. Hence, I gave him the money and they promised the place will be ready by Jan 1st 2016....lo and behold, the landlord spent my money without completing the place. At this point, I had involved police at Afonka Police station and an ISP named Vincent was assigned to me. The man went to the man's house to invite him to the police station to explain what happened but the landlord who is a young guy from delta state and inherited the house refused to honor the invitation. He insulted the police man and told him to get out of his house that he will bring my money to the station by wednesday that follows. The police left and told me to wait till the wednesday he said.

On that Wednesday, I called the police man if he had brought the money, and he said noo. Some minutes latter, the police called me and told me the landlord called and je said I should raise another 75k for six month to complete the place. I was so mad that the police man can even be telling me that. I was at work and wouldn't have time untill the Saturday. I told the police man that I want him arrested and he said when am around. On the Saturday, I went to the police station and the man said we should look for the landlord's agent and arrest him. I was surprise because the landlord is who we should arrest. But because the house is always locked and one wount know if the landlord is inside....we have been trailing both the landlord and the agent for the past weeks with no avail...I involved my mum who insisted want to get involved to help me resolve it since am not always around...2 police man was assigned to her and they went to the man's house this Wednesday. They met the man and he locked himself up in the house and again refused arrest. All the police could say is that since je reffused arrest, they should look for his agent who has ran away....

At this point, am having a strong feelings that these police are either incompetent or they are together playing me. If I can't get help from the police am I suppose to resort to self help? Am I suppose to take the law into my own hands? If a police can not arrest a criminal like this, then who will?

I really need help at this point and will appreciate if I can get that on this platform... Please help me what can I do?


Mod pls help a brother on this plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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