The directors of Amakaeze Property in Wuse, Abuja, the place Obi Cubana’s enterprise, Cubana Group, is positioned, have refuted claims that he owes lease and was served a stop discover.
The rebuttal follows viral reviews throughout a number of media retailers (not PREMIUM TIMES), alleging that Mr Cubana, an Anambra-born businessman, was issued a seven-day stop discover on Thursday to vacate the premises housing his standard Cubana Lounge in Wuse II, Abuja.
In a press release made accessible to this newspaper on Friday, the Directors of Amakaeze Property claimed Chidiebere Amakaeze, a reverend, mentioned to be the owner of the lounge property, alleged that Obi Cubana had not paid lease since 2019.
A discover to stop, reportedly issued by Mr Amakaeze’s solicitors, Prince Ben S. Ikani Esq. and E. I. Nwafor Esq. of Citadel of Justice Regulation Agency, Abuja, was dated 14 January.
In line with them, the discover additionally demanded that Mr Cubana vacate the premises at Plot 81, Ademola Adetokunbo Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja, alleging that his ten-year lease, which ran from 1 April 2009 to 1 March 2019, had expired.
Not our Tenant
Nonetheless, the directors of the Amakaeze Property clarified that Mr Cubana just isn’t their tenant and that the alleged eviction discover was issued with out their “consent.”
In a press release obtained by this newspaper, signed by Chukwunwem Amakaeze, co-administrator of the property, on 30 January, the directors dismissed reviews that Cubana defaulted on lease funds and was given a seven-day discover to vacate.
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“The eye of the bulk directors of the property of the late Michael Nwobi Amakaeze has been drawn to a latest publication titled: ‘Obi Cubana Served 7-Day Discover to Vacate Property Over Alleged Unpaid Hire.’ The property, positioned at Plot 81 Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja, is a part of the late Michael Nwobi Amakaeze’s property’” the assertion learn.
The directors confirmed that Cubana Lounge Ltd, not Obi Cubana, leased the property for ten years from 1 November 2009, with a renewal after expiration in 2019, and that the lease remains to be legitimate with no unpaid lease.
“Obi Cubana is, subsequently, not our tenant within the property or any property belonging to the property. The validity of this lease and the Letters of Administration dated 16 January 2018 had been confirmed by the Excessive Court docket of the FCT in a judgement delivered on 16 July 2021 in Go well with No. FCT/HC/CV/1325/20 – Cubana Lounge Ltd vs. Rev. Chidi Amakaeze & 5 Others.
“We, the property’s directors, haven’t issued any discover to the corporate, as its lease stays legitimate, and it’s not owing the property,” the directors affirmed.
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Null approval
The assertion accused Mr Amakaeze of issuing a discover to stop to Obi Cubana with out the approval of the opposite directors and beneficiaries. The property directors rejected the discover, asserting it has no authorized foundation.
“Lately, Rev. Chidiebere Amakaeze, who claims to be the only real landlord of the property in defiance of the courtroom’s judgement, issued a stop discover to Obinna Iyiegbu on 14 January 2025, demanding that he vacate the premises. This discover was served with out the consent of the opposite co-administrators and beneficiaries of the property of the late Michael Nwobi Amakaeze.
“The directors, administratrix, and beneficiaries want to make clear that Obinna Iyiegbu doesn’t owe any rental charges,” the assertion concluded. “The stop discover issued by Rev. Chidiebere Amakaeze is subsequently thought of invalid, null, and void. It doesn’t characterize the place of the opposite directors, administratrix, and beneficiaries of the property of the late Michael Nwobi Amakaeze.”
See the rebuttal assertion right here
BELOW IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE STATEMENT BY THE ESTATE ADMINISTRATORS BELOW
OBI CUBANA IS NOT OUR TENANT AND WE DID NOT SERVE HIM ANY NOTICE TO VACATE PROPERTY OVER ALLEGED UNPAID RENT
The eye of the bulk directors of the property of late Michael Nwobi Amakaeze has been drawn to a latest publication titled: Obi Cubana Served 7-Day Discover to Vacate Property Over Alleged Unpaid Hire”, dated January 30, 2025.
We word that the property in query located at Plot 81 Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse 11, Abuja, at the moment occupied by Cubana Lounge LTD, kinds a part of the property of late Michael Nwobi Amakaeze. Obi Cubana is subsequently not our tenant within the property or any property whosoever belonging to the Property.
Cubana Lounge LTD was initially granted a ten-year lease, (registered as Quantity FC136, Web page 136, in Quantity 32 (MISC) of the Federal Capital Territory Land Registry Workplace in Abuja. The lease started on November 1, 2009. The lease was renewed for an additional ten years upon its expiration on October 31, 2019.
The validity of this lease and Letters of Administration dated January 16, 2018, had been confirmed by the Excessive Court docket of the FCT in a judgment delivered on July 16, 2021, in Go well with No. FCT/HC/CV/1325/20— Cubana Lounge Ltd vs. Rev. Chidi Amakaeze and 5 others. We, the Directors of the Property haven’t issued any discover to the corporate as its lease remains to be subsisting, and it’s not owing the Property.
Lately, Rev. Chidiebere Amakaeze, who parades to be the only real landlord of the property in defiance of the judgement of the courtroom, issued discover to stop to Obinna Iyiegbu on January 14, 2025, demanding that he vacates the guarantees. This discover was served with out the consent of the opposite co-administrators and beneficiaries of the property of the late Michael Nwobi Amakaeze.
The Directors/Administratrix and beneficiaries want to make clear that Obinna Iyiegbu doesn’t owe any rental charges, and the discover to stop as issued by Rev. Chidiebere Amakaeze is subsequently thought of invalid, null and void, and doesn’t characterize the place of the opposite Directors/Administratrix and beneficiaries of the property of late Michael Nwobi Amakaeze.
Signed: Chukwunwem AmakaezeCo-administrator, Amakaeze Estate30/01/2025
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