Landlord dupes 100 prospective tenants

An Ebutte Metta Magis-trate Court in Lagos,
Thursday, adjourned the case against a
landlord, Alhaji Ishola Salawudeen, of 59,
Oriola Street, Alapere, Ketu, Lagos State,
who collected rent from over 100
unsuspecting tenants with the promise of giving them a flat in a new building he was
erecting on his property. It turned out that none of the persons, who
paid for the said building, which was under
construction, was given a flat and in some
cases, more than four persons were given
the keys to the same flat. One of the victims, Mrs Ganiyat Bashoru,
who was at the court lamented that she had
just done her introduction after paying
N475,000 for a two-bedroom flat to
Salawudeen, hoping to move into the new
apartment with her husband. Mrs Bashorun, who was in court for the
hearing of the case, which could not come
up as the magistrate was said to be on
leave, said she had paid Salawudeen the said
sum for 18 months. She said Salawudeen had promised her and
other prospective tenants to come for keys
to the flat on July 16, and on getting there,
she met others, who were also there to
collect keys to their flat. Bashorun said that the developer duped
over 100 prospective tenants to the tune of
N34.3 million. According to her, “since the incident, it has
not been easy for us because we have been
squatting with family and friends and
people have been running around for us.” Meanwhile, the case was adjourned till
November 6.