Olayiwola Oshunrinade

This could be strange, but it’s a true story of failure to fulfill contract agreement between a man and his girlfriend.

The incident has since been used to serve as a deterrent to others as the woman in the midst of the matter has been ordered to pay huge damages to her boyfriend for refusing to visit him after collecting transport fare from him.

The incident has since led a magistrate Court in Ilesa, Osun State to order Rhoda Adu to pay ₦150,000 to her boyfriend, Olapitan Sola after collecting ₦3,000 as transport fare, but failed to visit him as promised.

The incident began when Olapitan Sola transferred the transport fare to Rhoda, who subsequently switched off her phone and failed to show up.

Feeling defrauded and emotionally distressed, Sola reported the matter to the Ayeso Police Station. Rhoda was later arrested and brought to court.

During the trial, Sola presented evidence, including the mobile money transfer and WhatsApp messages exchanged between him and Rhoda.

In her ruling, Magistrate Akogun Oludare ordered Rhoda to refund the ₦3,000, pay an additional ₦100,000 for breach of agreement, and another ₦50,000 as special damages for emotional distress.

TThe court emphasized that the ruling was intended to deter others from similar behaviour.