Landlord Sues Tenant For Breach Of House Rent Agreement, Harassment

Mr Austin Nwosu, a landlord in the Apo area, Abuja has sued Mr Rasaq Ade, his tenant for defaulting in agreement to pay for three years rent and constant harassment via messages. Mr Nwosu Augustine, the counsel to the plaintiff, told the court that Ade instead of paying for three years decided to pay for one and half years. The plaintiff was therefore asking the court to compel Ade to pay the balance. Judicial symbol The counsel told the court that Ade had been harassing his client by sending series of threatening messages through Facebook and Whatsapp. He prayed the court to admit as evidence a printed copy of the messages as sent by the defendant. Mr Abdul Rasaq, the counsel to the defendant however said that his client did not owe the landlord as claimed by the counsel to the plaintiff. He said that his client paid for three years as opposed to the one and half year being claimed by the plaintiff. He added that the purported computer generating message by his client to the plaintiff was not enough as there were signs on the printed message to show that it was done with the aid of the computer.