Madam Uka who could be in her late 60’s rented a three bedroom apartment in the Surulere area of Lagos. She coughed out over N700,000 as rent for two years, agency fees and caution charges requested by the owner of the building. The money for the rent was sent by her son who lives in one of the Asian countries. Barely one year after, Mrs Uka was served a notice to quit the apartment. The landlady through her lawyer, asked Mrs Uka to come and collect the balance of her money after some unsubstantiated deductions were made. She was asked to give up the possession of the property. Mrs Uka’s offence, according to the landlord was that they were keeping the house untidy and bringing in so many visitors. Mrs Uka collected the money and was making arrangements to leave when her daughter consulted a lawyer who waded into the matter. The tenant refunded the money and continued to live in the house. But with the expiration of the tenancy agreement, the landlady is now relying on the earlier notice to evict the tenant. But should this earlier notice be used as a basis to evict the tenant?

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