COURT ORDERED FOR EJECTION OF PASTORE FOR NOT PAYING RENT

By Felix Engsalige Nyaaba

An Accra District Court sitting at the Accra Workers College has issued a formal degree for the forceful ejection of a Reverend Pastor of the Action Chapel International who has failed to fulfill his tenancy agreement to his landlord at the Spintex Road.

Rev. Lawrence Ahelijah who claimed to be a member of the Action Chapel International team of Ministers of the Gospel has willfully defied the order of the Rent Control to leave his landlord house within three months after overstaying his tenancy.

He is said to have rented a three bed room apartment from one Philip Asante Annor in the year 2009 at a rate of GHC300.00 per month which was to be expired in June 2011.

However, after the tenancy agreement has expired, Rev. Ahelijah failed to fail to pay anything to the landlord and continued to live in the house.

When the Landlord prompted him that his rent has expired and that he has to leave, the man of God did not heeded to it and also failed to pay any money for over staying with the excused that he has no money.

But, the kindness of the wife and her plea to the Landlord, the tenancy was extended to another one year on a strict and nonrenewable term of agreement.

In addition, upon the Rent Control mediation which resulted into another three months rent so the unremorseful  Pastor could be able to move out from the house, he still refused to comply.

He stayed in the house and incurred a total amount of GHC2, 500.00 been rent fees owed to the Landlord which he has since refused to pay.

That unappreciable action however, compelled the Rent Control department to issue an outright force ejection order to the District Court for the Pastor to be removed outright.

But after realizing the power of the law, Rev. Lawrence Ahelijah quickly   organized GHC10, 000.00 and paid part of the debt incurred.