Nollywood popular actor, Emeka Ike, finally hit the end of the loosing pool over a property battle that has been dragging on for years.
The actor turned educationist's secondary school, St. Nicholas College, which he established in 2008 and reportedly invested over N200 million in, has been shutdown under court orders.
The school located at 1, Raji Olamideji Crescent, Magodo beside PMS filling station on CMD road was shut down or better still taken possession of by the court last week Friday, after he lost a court case that lasted 5 years.
Emeka Ike was said to have had a running battle in regards to the school for the past 5 years, during which period he refused to pay a dime to the property owners.
He and his wife had also been engaged in several unconfirmed allegation during the 5 years period such as none payment of salaries as at when due to the staff & teachers; he apparently used to owe many of those working for him for upwards of 6 months at a time.
He was also alleged to prefer employing unqualified & non professional teachers in a school, where parents were paying exorbitant school fees thinking they were getting the best of education and more. So bad was the situation at the school at a point, that many parts of building were said to have been in a state of disrepair.
At a point it was alleged that only 13 students remained in the school, as others had been withdrawn by their parents.
Everything finally came to a head last week, when court bailiffs acting under instructions took possession of the school. Just before shutting it down, they were reported to have packed away a few of the valuables that were still in the school, like the school bus, a few air-conditioners and some furniture, and the things which weren't carted away were left lying outside the school premises.
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