Last Tuesday, Saturday Beats had visited the school under the guise of enrolling a student but a
member of staff, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the school was shut down.
He said that there was a court order that
sealed the school and no one was allowed inside. According to the
source, the school had been shut for about two weeks over an unsettled
issue between the landlord and Ike.
He, however, added that the case was
already in court
.
When asked about the students and if they
were aware of the development, he said he was not sure but he doubted
if the students and their parents knew what was happening before it
became a court case.
Another source, who worked around the
vicinity and identified himself as Shina, claimed he was there when a
task force team came to the school and seized Ike’s property.
“The landlord is actually an old man so
his children advised him not to worry himself as they would take up the
matter. They called on task force agents and they carried all Emeka
Ike’s property, including his cars
. He has not even come to check the
place out. It was God that saved his Prado Jeep. That Prado is the only vehicle he has now.
They packed everything, it is a big problem,” Shina said.
Meanwhile, when Saturday Beats called Ike
on the telephone, the actor who was obviously vexed, claimed his school
was back in operation.
“You can go back there and check. We are
back. Everybody is working. We have got most of our students back. I am
in possession of my property.”
Ike said the landlord and bloggers were trying to “spoil” his name, describing the court judgement as a “kangaroo judgement.”
“I am already contesting that judgement.
We would need to find out how he got that judgement and what gave him
the right to do what he did,” he added.
While insisting the issue wasn’t supposed
to be a public knowledge, Ike claimed he had invested so much in the
property and wasn’t ready to allow “somebody to rubbish” him just
because of his celebrity status.
“The place was just a carcass when we
leased it five years ago. It was terrible. We sweated and made it what
it is today.
Now, after seeing that the place has turned around, the man
wants to come and reclaim it just like that.
“We were trying to settle amicably. We
had gone for arbitration but before we knew what was happening, the man
went and got a kangaroo judgement. I am not going to let the matter die
like that. This is a sweat of my youth.
I have invested so much in the
property. Most of the students are even on scholarship. All my efforts
can’t go for nothing,” the actor said.
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