[STORY] THE WICKED LANDLORD (Episode 04)

Episode 04.

Baba orakwe,s atrocities were becoming unbearable for the community . He made life simply unbearable for residents of the community . The daily quarrel between him and tenant often threw the community into añ unusual pandemonium. Their quarrel lasted for hours and always ran late into night. The noise would disturb the residents of the community and many of them sometimes resorted to taking sleeping tablets in order to catch a good nigh sleep.
All these continued for years and efforts at making baba orakwe responsible proved abortive . He does not attend community development meetings and did not live by the outcome of such meetings even if he was told.
This triggered the leader of the community into action and he started writing petition to different government agencies to come to their aid. This did not yield añ immediate result and the resident had decided to adapt with the situation until there was a divine intervention.
Baba orakwe continued living in his usual lifestyle and nobody cared to advice him since he had tuned deaf ears to everybody that cared to do so in the past.
One day, Mrs ademola the single parents who lived in one of the baba orakwe,s room was critically ill. Her children ran to different family members fo financial assistance to hospitalize their sick mother. Their family members lived up to expectation and gave them the needed money and promised to check on her as soon as they could. While they were trying to get a vehicle to convey her to the hospital which was almost am hour journey , Baba orakwe came in and everybody was surprised . Even the sick woman could not hide her surprise as it was glaringly written on her face.. People had taught the man had come to check on her welfare and they had expressed their thanks to God that at last. Baba orakwe was changed for good.
To their utmost amazement , baba orakwe was for something else.
“” Mrs ademola , are you aware that your rent has expired today??” baba orakwe asked to the surprise of everyone.
; Anyway , either you are aware or not. Is not the issue. The issue is that if you want your properties to still continued to be in this room , you have to pay me today and right now. Just pay a two years rent and i won’t bother you until thru next two years, ” baba orakwe said.
There was a complete silence. Everybody wondered what kind of a heartless human being baba orakwe was. Or how could someone see a poor single mother of two at the point of death and still have the guts to ask for a house rent which has just expired today? This was absolutely incredible.
“Baba landlord, why not wait for this woman to get well before asking her for this her house rent? Atleast she is not running away neither is she traveling out of this world, Mrs Jacob who was often referred to as the chief tenant said.
Even the money for her hospital bill is not yet complete . We are even thinking of contributing money to add to the money they have on ground in order to
Sufficiently carter for her hospital bills.. David , the bachelor who had just moved in said.
It’s better for you all to face your problems after all,, i wasn’t talking to any of you. This woman,s money expires today and you are asking me to consider her sickness . Is that what i will eat? If she leaves today without paying , when do i know she would ever return? Rather than contribute for her hospital bills, please contribute for her house rent,” baba orakwe said.
Her children soon came in to announce that they’ve gotten a taxi to convey their mother to the hospital.
The atmosphere was tensed and everybody seemed helpless. Baba orakwe has promised to evacuate Mrs ademola,s belongings from the room if she did not pay her rent that morning .
Mrs ademola managed to speak.
;” biola, how much were you given by my brothers?
“mummy, they gave us a hundred thousand and promised to add more sometimes next week;;
“Oga landlord, please wait till next week while i use the money with me now for my hospital bills,, Mrs ademola said.
” You can wait till next week before going to the hospital . I am collecting my money now and right here. Baba orakwe said angrily .
“Oga landlord, why don’t you have any human sympathy at all? Please lets take this woman to the hospital now before her condition get worse ,, Mr.Jacob persuaded.
Take her to the hospital and her properties will also follow her to the hospital ,, baba orakwe said,,
OKAY BIOLA, count seventy thousand naira out of the money and give it to the landlord,, Mrs ademola said.
;” That’s for how many months? Baba orakwe asked,,,
“Two years equivalent of twenty four month,” Mrs ademola answered.
That’s is over my dead body. Have i not told you that i will increase your rent? Baba orakwe asked.
Oga landlord , even if you want to increase her rent that should not be now. Please , collect what she has offered and lets take her to the hospital,” Mrs Jacob said..
Her monthly rent and likewise every other persons own has increased from the three hundred to five hundred thousand naira . She is paying one hundred and twenty thousand naira now for two years.”baba orakwe said.
Biola give him the hundred thousand with you. We will balance you later,” Mrs ademola said already gasping for breadth .
But mummy how do we pay your hospital bill then? Biola asked in tears.
“i won’t even collect it until it’s complete ,” baba orakwe said..
;” Biola pleas give him the money, i know my God will provide another source and he will surely fight for me,” Mrs ademola said in tears.
;” i will borrow her twenty thousand naira to complete the money.. David said running to his room to get the money.
Baba orakwe counted the money and made to leave.
He was stopped by David who insisted that he must issue the receipt immediately , he issued the receipt and David handed it over to biola who kept it somewhere in her mothers wardrobe.
Mrs ademola condition has worsened and she was immediately rushed to the hospital

To be continued…….

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