Lady laments as landlord raises rent to ₦700k after earlier hikes from ₦280k to ₦350k in Edo State
A Nigerian lady has expressed frustration after her landlord increased her house rent to ₦700,000, following earlier increments from ₦280,000 to ₦350,000 in Edo State.
This was revealed in a post shared on X (formerly Twitter) by user @ChuksEricE, who detailed the lady’s experience as she lamented the continuous hike in rent.
According to her, several messages had been sent to the landlord by her and other tenants, but he refused to respond.
She narrated that she was mostly away from home and only returned to find a document placed at her doorstep, which she later discovered to be a letter from the landlord’s lawyer.
The letter stated that she must pay a new rent of ₦700,000 before December, or vacate the apartment.
She explained that the rent was originally ₦280,000, then increased to ₦350,000, and now raised drastically to ₦700,000.
In her words: “At this point, can we all drag the landlord? Because this morning I just saw this at my door. I opened it and saw lawyers sent me papers from my landlord that house rent is from ₦350,000 to ₦700,000, and I must pay this money by December.”
“If I can’t afford it, I should pack out. Mind you, our house rent was ₦280,000, they increased it to ₦350,000 and we didn’t complain. Now ₦700,000? In this small Edo State? What is the reason for this increment? We wrote the landlord, he doesn’t reply.”
As the post gained traction online, concerned Nigerians flooded the comment section to share their thoughts and reactions.
See some reactions below:
@fortunateozuyak: “It’s illegal and unlawful for landlords to increase rent without a notice.”
@ObiCrpt01: “They are just using people to make abundant inxome.”
@OladejiEmm12648: “My landlord in Edo increased House rent 3times in space of 3years.”
@Jayaashy: “The government needs to step in… Agents are the ones messing real estates up.”
@desolvay180052: “It is not as if they do any renovation in the house. Wickedness in high places.”
@AlhajiEmzo: “Tenants Dey suffer normally, I no fit talk Wetin my eye see.”
@savageCross71: “Call them out abeg. Landlords in Edo state, especially benin are doing something else. No good roads to your house, poor building materials and they’ll be telling you lagos prices.”
@StepbySteps101: “Everybody wakes up and does what he/she likes in this messed up🇳🇬. Is their no regulating body 2 be checkmating d excesses of d landlord and landladies?. Providin an enabling environment is☝️of d functions of governance,this thing makes me wonder. If they are in Gov’t 2 loot only.”
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-Lady laments after her landlord in Edo State increased her house rent from ₦350,000 to ₦700,000, despite having previously raised it from ₦280,000 to ₦350,000. pic.twitter.com/cLYvb4Ot9l
— CHUKS 🍥 (@ChuksEricE) August 26, 2025
