- A Nigerian lady is facing a significant increase in her house rent in Edo State.
- Her landlord raised the rent from ₦280,000 to ₦350,000, and now to ₦700,000.
- The tenant expressed her frustration over the frequent rent hikes.
A Nigerian lady has cried out over a sharp increase in her house rent, which her landlord raised to ₦700,000 in Edo State after earlier increments from ₦280,000 to ₦350,000.
Her ordeal was shared in a post on X (formerly Twitter) by user @ChuksEricE, who narrated the tenant’s frustration with the constant rent hikes.
She revealed that despite several messages sent to the landlord by herself and other tenants, he never responded. According to her, she returned home one day to find a document placed at her doorstep, only to discover it was a letter from the landlord’s lawyer.
The letter instructed her to pay the new rent of ₦700,000 before December or vacate the apartment.
Expressing her displeasure, she wrote:
“At this point, can we all drag the landlord? Because this morning I just saw this at my door. I opened it and saw lawyers sent me papers from my landlord that house rent is from ₦350,000 to ₦700,000, and I must pay this money by December.
If I can’t afford it, I should pack out. Mind you, our house rent was ₦280,000, they increased it to ₦350,000 and we didn’t complain. Now ₦700,000? In this small Edo State? What is the reason for this increment? We wrote the landlord, he doesn’t reply.”
The post quickly drew attention online, with many Nigerians reacting and sharing their thoughts in the comment section.
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See some reactions below:
@fortunateozuyak: “It’s illegal and unlawful for landlords to increase rent without a notice.”
@ObiCrpt01: “They are just using people to make abundant inxome.”
@OladejiEmm12648: “My landlord in Edo increased House rent 3times in space of 3years.”
@Jayaashy: “The government needs to step in… Agents are the ones messing real estates up.”
@desolvay180052: “It is not as if they do any renovation in the house. Wickedness in high places.”
@AlhajiEmzo: “Tenants Dey suffer normally, I no fit talk Wetin my eye see.”
@savageCross71: “Call them out abeg. Landlords in Edo state, especially benin are doing something else. No good roads to your house, poor building materials and they’ll be telling you lagos prices.”
@StepbySteps101: “Everybody wakes up and does what he/she likes in this messed up🇳🇬. Is their no regulating body 2 be checkmating d excesses of d landlord and landladies?. Providin an enabling environment is☝️of d functions of governance,this thing makes me wonder. If they are in Gov’t 2 loot only.”
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