Tenant Reportedly Sells His Landlord's House For N83 Million, Disappears With Money
- A Nigerian lawyer has shared the story of a tenant who sold his landlord's house and took the money
- According to the lawyer, who shared details on TikTok, the tenant committed the offence in Lagos state
- He said the tenant even had the audacity to stay in the house for four more months before moving out
A Nigerian lawyer has shared a trending story on TikTok about a man who sold his landlord's house.
The legal practitioner, who is involved in property cases, said the incident happened in Lagos state.
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In the video he posted, @theomonilelawyer said the tenant allegedly lived in the house for many years before committing the crime.
He said the house is a four-bedroom duplex, and the tenant allegedly sold it for N83 million and disappeared with the money.
"This is how a tenant sold his landlord's four-bedroom duplex at Okota and ran away after collecting the money. He has been living in that property for like seven years. He knew everybody in that place. He knew all the tactics. He knew all the issues in that place.
"He decided to forge a deed of assignment in his name, forged a survey plan in his name, and forged a receipt from the Okota family in his name. He gave an agent to market the property. The agent, after marking it for a while now, found somebody that was interested in purchasing the property. He now showed him all the documents.
Omonile Lawyer said that the buyer failed to approach the community development association and did not use other means to confirm who owned the home.
"He just saw the documents because he portrayed himself as a big boy that was moving to his other house and he wanted to sell it. That's why he bought that property from him. After paying him N83 million, he even had the audacity to tell the man to give him four extra months before he could move out of the place because he was looking for a place to move, and he will look for a new house to move in."
The lawyer said the buyer moved into the property after the tenant packed out. However, the problem arose when the landlord's agent came to check the house.
"When it was time for the agent to come and collect rent for that house, he now found a new person in the property."
He said the attention of the house owner, who is said to be with a police service, was called and flew down from abroad to Nigeria.
Source: UGC
Watch the video below:
Landlord increases tenant's house rent by thousands
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a man who owns a house in Lagos state had increased the house rent from N750,000 to N1.4 million.
One of the tenants who live in the house shared a photo of a letter the landlord sent to her through his lawyer, telling her to move out.
Proofreading by Bruce Douglas, copy editor at Legit.ng.
Source: Legit.ng
