“She bullied me, left all my properties out in the rain” – Lady narrates experience living in a shared apartment with her friend

A young girl recounted the terrible ordeal she went through while living in an apartment with her friend in Yaba, Lagos State.

According to her, her friend found the apartment and she had to balance the payment even though she divided the rent equally, she was treated unfairly in the apartment.

She added that things took a turn for the worse after she got into a fight and she had to leave the apartment even though she had seven months’ rent left. After she left, her belongings were thrown out and left in the rain.

She tweeted:

“December 2022, I decided to rent a shared space and it was the busiest experience of my life. I met Ope in May 2022 through a mutual friend because we were both house hunting and figuring out how to split the rent. The first time we talked, we got along and she seemed great. We saw some houses and we went to check together but we didn’t get any of them.

“As soon as August/September, she contacted me that her boyfriend was moving out due to studies and his roommate was also moving so the house would be vacant and he told me. she is looking for a place to live.

“The situation around the house is that the company provides houses for the boyfriend and other housemates because they are employees so the boyfriend has told HR or someone in the company that he will continue to pay bought a house because his girlfriend wants to live there.

“So she informed me of this and when everything was finalized we agreed to pay for the house. It was a 3 bedroom apartment for 1 million naira and we split the fee of 500k per room and we decided to leave the extra room empty for whatever we decided to do with it.

“I sent money to Ope at the end of November and moved out in February. Ope is a chef and so she decided that she wanted to renovate the kitchen and buy some appliances that she exchanged with me but I told her we should consider the upcoming items. neatly put them up because I can’t afford them new (cooking gas is 200k) and she said that’s not a problem.

“I moved in and found the kitchen was refurbished and everything was available so I asked her if she would let me use her stuff and she said yes but I had to. clean up because that’s what she used to do.
work I understand and I tried my best to always clean the kitchen whenever I cook.

“I realized that the empty room (the one she paid for) was locked by her and I asked her why and she said she wasn’t ready to move into her room yet so she was living in her room. ex-boyfriend’s and locked the door “supposedly empty”.

“I gave it away because it was important that she didn’t have money to fix the room and move in, so I gave it away. She called me one day to complain about the gas stove and how greasy it was after I cooked so I apologized about it and asked her how best I could. cleaned the gas as she wanted and I followed her rules but I guess she’s still the same’ t satisfied with the cleaning.

“I called her that we should talk about the housework, that I didn’t feel comfortable in the kitchen because she was always scrutinizing some of my work and I felt bad when she knew I was being bullied. I was sick but when she saw me the next morning, she didn’t ask how I was feeling, she just said that I didn’t clean the gas well. We talked and came to some agreement about the kitchen and how I felt and we cleared the misunderstanding and it was the kitchen thing.

“I asked her about the vacant room and she said she wouldn’t open it because there would be no guest rooms at the moment and she knew there was some power dynamic going on here but she must be selfish to herself.

“I found it really weird and I told her but she insisted and said it would be fine. Then she said she didn’t want me to extend the rent next year because she found the house first and she told me on time so I could start planning to buy an apartment new.

“I found it really weird but I just let it be. She went back to retract her statement about the rent extension that I should forget what she said and that I can still extend the rent, she also said that around June she can open available rooms (this is in April).

“Once in May, I forgot to turn on the faucet in the bathroom because there was no water that morning and I had to go to work urgently, she called me that the water was wasting. I had a spare key in the living room and I told her to use it to enter the room and lock the faucet and she did.

“The other time I went out and I felt like she was in the house because I heard music coming from her room so I didn’t inform her before I walked out (we don’t normally talk to each other). when we go out, we just kind of like that. She called me in the evening that the gen light was on. I was very surprised. I asked her if the neighbor had turned on the light and it was strange. She said no and left the house around 9:11 and I confirmed that I left at 9. :30 so I take responsibility for the situation and I’m sorry I thought she was in the house.

“When I got home, she came into my room and said she would go back to her original decision about the rent and I was fine, no problem. On Sunday, I decided to talk to her about how I felt about her decision to renew the lease.

“I called her into the living room and shared that I felt it was not appropriate for her to send me things next year because we both pay the same rent and we never agreed. that I will not renew my rent. I also don’t like her style when she shares news

“Ope refused and kept saying she found the place that was her boyfriend’s house and if I decide to stay next year how will I pay the rent because obviously I already paid the rent. money for her and she will pay her boyfriend who will then pay the company and the company will pay the owner.

“She pulled me back and that’s how the fight started. The story she and her friends told that I hit her and I started hitting her are lies, in the middle of the fight she broke a nail and her screen protector. she got cracked but she kept telling everyone that i broke her phone.

“This little girl hit me in the chest and I had to struggle from underneath her because she was on top of me and hit me. All I can say is that in the middle of our discussion, she called one of her friends and said things like “this bosola is crazy” and tried to get her friends involved. engage in what is supposed to be just a conversation.

“Anyway, after the fight, she burst into my room and took my room key. I called my boyfriend and he asked if he should call the police and I told him. At this point Ope is holding my key and has refused to give it back to me.

“I called my mom and told her what was going on and she decided to call Ope to reassure her. My mother legally begged this little girl to give me the keys but she kept refusing.

“I got a text from her mom saying this (first frame) and I sent it to my mom. My mom decided to call that number and ask her why she would send such a text to someone’s child. That’s how Ope’s mother started insulting my mother non-stop.

“After that incident, she and her friends started a surrogate war and even started putting my mom in all this trash, I still didn’t say anything.

“After that incident I decided to move out of my place even though I have 7 months left, I moved on May 27th and I asked for a refund which she said she couldn’t give me. because she’s not the boss. . I decided to rent out my space and so many people showed up.

“Care about space. I took interested people home today to see the space and Ope said she can’t live with strangers, once again she found the house and she will let me know when she is available willing if i can rent out my space lol.

“After much discussion with her and my mother (she was present today), she decided to pay for the space instead of renting it to me. No problem, I told her she could deposit on Wednesday because I still had things in my room like a dressing table to bring.

“She insisted that she wanted to send the money today and I asked her if she sent the money today I could still pick it up on Wednesday because I wouldn’t drop my keys until I finished cleaning everything up. She said no problem and she transferred the money.

“Tell me why I got a text from this girl saying she has packed all the rest of my stuff from my room to the block and I should pick it up when I’m ready.

“All my stuff was soaked in the rain and I had to start traveling from Berger to Yaba that night to pack up. I can’t begin to explain the extent of the bullying Ope and her friends inflicted on me on Twitter.”

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