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.