A Nigerian woman has appealed for help when her landlord locked her room just days after she moved into the property because of an unpaid 1,500 NEPA payment.
In a recently released video, the young woman greets her landlady and moves in closer.
The landlord, though, seems unimpressed by the greeting.
The answer does not stop the tenant, who continues to ask why her room is locked. In response, the landlord says that unless the tenant pays the 1,500 naira energy payment, she won’t release the room.
The landlady insists on the payment despite the renter’s statement that she hasn’t even started using electricity because her connection hasn’t been put up, for fear that the tenant will object once the connection is established.
Despite the tenant’s appeals, the landlady stands firm, asserting her ownership of the house and her authority.
The landlady directs the tenant to find alternative sleeping arrangements outside or elsewhere until the 1,500 NEPA bill is settled.
The actions of the landlady in the video have attracted the attention of concerned individuals who have expressed their opinions in the comment section.
See post and reactions below;
nnenna_blinks_: “1500 Naira ? The woman even get pepper body. Asking why is she greeting her twice when she greeted her before. Ahh poverty anywhere you Dey walahi e no go better for you. Truly people are going through it and they only have themselves to depend on. Not to talk of how things are hard now in this country. Make we Dey pray to jam good pipo. We know say I beg no Dey help but have little empathy.”
veevogee: “If you can afford 2-3 square meals and live in a comfortable apartment, you don’t know what God has done for you. Some situations make me weep. Lord I’m grateful.”
og_zarus: “Sound like skit so people go begin Dey ask for aza to help. The so called land lady is reading a script. No cursing , no gra gra. Person wey lock your door ooo.”
marrzofficial: “People wey Dey in higher position. Wey Dey abuse their power. I pity you, it hardly happens but the day wey your life go turn upside down. E go shock you. Stop oppressing people simply because you happen to be in a higher position.”
official_lady_poshmama_: “The yeye landlord is just doing anyhow bcos the girls are young girls, on top 1500, na to remove the damn padlock make she do her worst . Chei this country sha.”