The Director-General (Public Servant) of National Council for
Women Society, Mary Eta Ekpere Esq., has been dragged to court over
failure to pay rent due running into millions of naira.
In the matter with suit no: FCT/HC/CV/827/2019, instituted by
way of a writ of summons issued by Bernard Etta Afu Esq., MCIArb
(UK), the claimant, Asebe Samuel Ele, has sought among other
orders, the sum of N5,000,000.00 as general damages for
economic loss suffered arising from loss of legitimate rental
income earnings.
An Order directing the Defendant to immediately
pay the sum of N6,500,000 as an outstanding balance rent
for the period of 1st December, 2017 to 30th November,
2018, N7,000,000.00 for rent due and owed for the period
of 1st December, 2018 to 30th November, 2019, N2,000,000.00
for Legal and Professional fee paid to Messrs Bernard Etta Afu
& Associates for the filing and prosecution of this case.
The Claimant on the face of his statement of claim had claimed
to be the owner and Landlord of Plot 1244, Cadastral Zone B06,
Mabushi – Abuja, FCT which comprises of a five (5) bedrooms twin
Semi-Detached Duplex.
As stated in the claim both parties agreed that Mary ETA was to
pay the sum of N10,000,000 per annum which commenced on
the 1st December, 2015 and terminated on the 30th November
2016.
Upon the expiration of the one-year tenancy, she renewed the
tenancy for another one year by making part-payment N4,000,000
leaving an outstanding balance of N6,000,000.
Claimant made several efforts to get the Defendant to offset the
outstanding balance rent for 1st December 2016 to 30th November,
2017, but to no avail; that when time passed, the Defendant
approached the Claimant and pleaded for a reduction of the amount
of rent from N10,000,000.00 to N7,000,000.00 (Seven Million
Naira) per annum for subsequent tenancy – the Claimant obliged the
Defendant and accepted to reduce rent from N10,000,000 to
N7,000,000, per annum, upon the Defendant promise to pay all
outstanding rent of N6,000,000 (Six Million Naira Only) on or
before 31st December, 2017, but when the Defendant failed,
neglected and refused to pay outstanding rent at the expiration of
2017.
The Claimant through his agents, in a letter dated 6th February,
2018, demanded payment of N6,000,000 (Six Million Naira)
outstanding rent for 1st December, 2016 to 30th November, 2017, and
the sum of N7,000,000 (Seven Million Naira) as reduced new rent for
the period of 1st December, 2017 to 30th November, 2018 as agreed,
total of N13,000,000 (Thirteen Million Naira Only); that similarly,
the Claimant through his agents, in a letter dated 21st February,
2018, to the Defendant, the referred the Defendant to a joint
meeting of 21st February, 2018 and outlined the Defendant’s
promised schedule of payment of outstanding unpaid rent of
N13,000,000.00 (Thirteen Million Naira) Only; that the
Claimant through his agents in another letter dated 28th May, 2018
to the Defendant, explained the Defendant’s earlier promise to pay
various sums of money at various times to off-set the outstanding
rent and that only N3,000,000.00 (Three Million Naira Only) has so
far been paid in two separate installments of N2,000,000 (Two
Million Naira) and N1,000,000.00 (One Million Naira)
respectively.
The letter demanded payment of N4, 500,000 (Four Million Five
Hundred Thousand Naira Only), that has become due payable in terms
of the Defendant’s earlier promise, and the Claimant through his
agents in a letter dated 30th October, 2018 to the Defendant
demanded for the outstanding unpaid rent of N6,500,000 (Six
Million, Five Hundred Thousand Naira and N7,000,000 (Seven Million
Naira Only) rent for the period of 1st December, 2018 to 30th
November, 2019 a total of N13,500,000 (Thirteen Million, Five
Hundred Thousand Naira Only), being rent owed by the Defendant.
The claimant further averred the defendant has remained in
occupation of the demised premises and has refused, failed, and
neglected to pay rent, stressing that she has shown dishonesty in
all her previous promises to the Claimant and his agents since
2015.
The processes were dated the 7th day of May, 2019 and filed the
same day.
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