‘Emeka Ike owes me N8.5million rent,’ says landlord

Nollywood Actor, Emeka Ike has been sued by his landlord who is accusing him of owing N8.5million rent which accumulated over a 3-year period of non-payment.

The apartment, a twin duplex
located at 1, Raji Oladimeji Street, Magodo GRA, was until his ejection, used by Emeka to run his business. 

The actor established a secondary school named St Nicholas College and decided to hire the premises on a five-year lease agreement from an 87-year-old retiree, Chief Samuel Agboola Akintan at the rate of N2 million per annum for the first two years and N3 million annually for the remaining three years, bringing the total rent of five years to N13 million.

In an interview with Saturday Sun, the 87-year-old diabetic said he just wants the actor to pay 1.5 million out of the accrued debt, adding, ‘When I wanted to take the matter to court, Emeka wrote a letter pleading with me. I have sympathy for Emeka, but unfortunately, he has no sympathy for himself. I never knew this man from Adam. My children said they know him, that he’s an actor. That’s how I fell into his hands.’

The Nollywood actor was also accused of issuing a dud cheque of N1.5 million to the old man, and subsequently lying to Magodo police to forcefully take back control of the property after it was initially locked up by the Commissioner of Police’s office.

Meanwhile, Emeka Ike has said he is still  in possession and that the matter should not be treated like a national crisis.