Court orders lawyer to pay N1.8m rent to judge
Following his continued failure to render account of about N2 million rent he collected on the property of a Supreme Court Justice, Olukayode Ariwoola, an Oyo State High Court has ordered an Ibadan-based lawyer, Olayinka Adeniyi Okin, to pay Ariwoola N1,805,500 with 10 per cent interest from the judgment date till the final payment. In […]
Following his continued failure to render account of about N2 million rent he collected on the property of a Supreme Court Justice, Olukayode Ariwoola, an Oyo State High Court has ordered an Ibadan-based lawyer, Olayinka Adeniyi Okin, to pay Ariwoola N1,805,500 with 10 per cent interest from the judgment date till the final payment.
In the suit marked I/1346/2020 filed by Musibau Adetunbi dated October 30, 2020, the claimant/applicant sought an order of Justice Moshud Abass of the Ring Road High Court 2, Ibadan, Oyo State, “entering summary judgment in the sum of N1,805,500.00 against the defendant (Olayinka Adeniyi Okin) being indebtedness on rent due to the claimant on his property situated at Akolade House, Olorunlogbon Street, Apete, Ibadan, formerly under the management of the defendant.”
The defendant who is a lawyer was commissioned by the justice to manage the property in 2015 “but did not remit any rent collected on the property despite the fact that tenants were put in possession by the defendant who collected rent from these tenants.”
Moving the application yesterday for an order of summary judgment in the matter, Otunba Kunle Kalejaye (SAN) who held brief for Adetunbi and led Muritala O.M, informed Justice Abass that there was no counter affidavit to the Supreme Court justice’s application. He relied on Order 11 Rule 1; Rule 5(2); Order 29 Rule 1 of the Oyo State High Court Civil Procedure Rule, and under the inherent jurisdiction of the honourable court, prayed the court for summary judgment in the sum of N1,805,500.00.
In his ruling, Justice Abass pronounced the summary judgment of N1,805,500.00 in favour of the claimant, adding that the defendant was to pay “10 per cent interest on the sum from today.”