A caretaker, Abdul Bello, on Wednesday dragged Khadija Afolabi, a
tenant, to a Sharia court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, demanding her
evacuation from the compound because she disclosed her rent to other
tenants who paid higher rates, Punch Metro reports.
The
complainant accused the defendant of not keeping to her promise of
packing out of the house three months ago when she was served with a
notice from the landlady, Hajiya Farin-Dutse.
Bello explained that the house, located at No 24, Yoruba Road, contained two flats.
He
said that Afolabi took one flat and had been paying an annual rent of
N130,000 for four years, while the other tenant was paying N150,000
“She begged me to talk to the landlady to consider her financial
status and accept N125,000, which I did, and the landlady agreed but
only accepted N130,000,’’ he explained.
The caretaker accused the
tenant of revealing the amount she paid to the other tenant, an act he
described as gossip; and which triggered a misunderstanding between the
landlady and the other tenant.
He prayed the court to compel
Afolabi to pack out of the house immediately, since her rent had expired
since December 18, 2018; and as the landlady had already given out the
flat to her cousin.
In her defence, the defendant denied any act of gossip in the matter, adding that she had been paying her rent diligently.
Judge Musa Sa’ad-Goma, after listening to both parties, ruled that Afolabi should pack out of the house on or before January 8.
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