16/10/2018
THE WICKED LANDLORD *
EPISODE 1
If youu waste my water may thunder strike
you and render you useless for your
parents,,
That was the usual language of Mr orakwe,
a 65 years old pensioner who retired from
the civil service as a driver, He retired
from the civil five years ago after attaining
the compulsory retirement age of sixty ,
He had tried his hands on several business
but acquire a massive land where he built
a boys quarter where he lived with his
family and also built a twenty room
apartment which was all rented out to
tenants.
He constructed a public tap where people
from far and near came to fetch for añ
exorbitant price. He did all these from the
gratuity he collected after retirement
which ran into millions of naira.
He was popularly called “BABA ORAKWE,,
and he proudly answered whenever he
was called,
He tormented his tenants and made life
unbearable for them. At a particular
meeting that he had called on a Monday
morning he spelt out various unbearable
rules to them.
“I HAVE CALLED THIS MEETING FOR ME TO
SPELL OUT THE NEW RULES AND
REGULATION THAT YOU ALL MUST ABIDE
BY IF TRULY YOU STILL WANT TO REMAIN
IN BABA ORAKWE’S HOUSE.THESE MAYBE
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE ONES
YOU WERE TOLD WHEN YOU MOVED IN
BUT BE REST ASSURED THAT ALL IS FOR A
BETTER CO EXISTENCE AMONG US ALL.”he
said..
BABA ORAKWE, please make it snappy ,
you were supposed to have issue a prior
notice to this but you just started knocking
on our door this morning for a rather too
emergency meeting.
Please make do because we all have our
businesses to attend to’, (the new tenant
who always sounded like a businessman
said)
“I KNOW YOU THIS STUPID OMO IBO WILL
NEVER BE PATIENT, YOU TALK AS IF YOU
ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT IS WORKING OR
THAT EVER WORKED. I WORKED WITH THE
GOVERNMENT FOR THIRTY FIVE YEARS
AND STILL ATTEND TO THE MEETING MY
LAND LORD CALLED ANYTIME OF THE
DAY. WE EVEN SOMETIMES SPEND THE
WHOLE DAY IN MEETING AND THE
GOVERNMENT UNDERSTANDS. WHY IS
YOURS SO DIFFERENT?” he snapped back
at uche angrily.
“if you don’t say what you have to say, i
might as well leave this minutes, This is
Monday morning and you can’t use yours
to disturb mine,” uche raved, threatening
to leave the meeting.
“YOU LEAVE AND YOU WILL FIND YOUR
LOADS WAITING FOR YOU OUTSIDE BY
THE TIME YOU RETURN,the land lord
shouted..
“Try it and you will regret ever building a
house in your life,”uche said angrily.
“baba, please, go on, we all have a
appointment to keep with,” the majority of
the tenants pressurized.
“Okay, since you all are too busy to have a
meeting with your landlord. I shall spell
out the most important first and the rest
can come later .
Henceforth, all tenants must be in by six
pm and nobody leaves before eight a.m.
The gate shall be under locks and key to
ensure strict adherence. We shall see later
for the remaining “he said and worked out
for the meeting,
“You are a joker, if you try this with others
and it worked out for you , it won’t work
with this present set tenants,” Uche and
some other tenants barked loudly.
”Can you imagine the drunk? Mrs
ademola, the single parent of two retorted.
”He is definitely mad”” others muttered
and they all left for there various places of
work.
The wicked landlord
TBC.........
