Man locates owners of 30 year old abandoned house in Kaduna with help of Twitter

A young man locates the owners of an abandoned house over 30 years ago in Kaduna with the help of Twitter and the family’s photo album.

The Twitter user identified as @Marleeki has taken to the microblogging platform to shed light on an abandoned property.

According to the user, there are speculations that the owners ran during a religious crisis in the Northern state some years ago.

In a lengthy thread, he wrote;

“There is a property that has been lying down in my neighborhood for about 30 years or more now without people knowing the whereabout of the actual owner(s). Stakeholders in the neighborhood have tried their best to trace the owners for several years but all to no avail.

“It was presumed that it was during one of the religious crisis in Kaduna many years ago that the owner with his family fled the house and left most of their belongings in the property till date.

Many people have used the advantage of the fact that the owner(s) could not…Be traced to be staying in the property for many years as they were being brought in by people who claimed to be acting as agents for the owners.

Unknown to them all, the actual owner by history is said to be dead and all his children are now in the abroad. Some said UK…

That probably explains why the house has been left unattended to all these years. By and large, one of the people who stayed in the property for many years is now trying to claim ownership of the house. He is using the advantage of the fact that he has informations that…

The owners of the house are not traceable. He made several attempts to sell the property and when he was not having it, he sued every stakeholder in the neighborhood trying to stop him from sell the property.

I went to the property this morning and the wife of the person…
In the property currently informed me that there is a photo album they just discovered and they very much believe that they were the actual owners of the property.

So, i want to use this platform to find relatives or friends who may know anyone who appeared in the…
Photo album to quickly reach out. Twitter folks, do your thing.”

Giving an update about the search, the user affirmed that the owners were located and they visited the property in person.

“Twitter is indeed a very big platform. I am very pleased to inform you all that in less than 24 hrs the family has been found through the daughter
@deyjohke and the father who is presumedly dead is indeed very much alive. We spoke with him on the phone even,” he added.

Good afternoon everyone. As promised yesterday to give a comprehensive update regarding the outcome of our meeting with the parents of @deyjohke.

I am very pleased to inform you all that the dad who was presumedly dead is very much alive and hearty as in evidenced…1/1 https://t.co/4LLGNkRlU5 pic.twitter.com/Cf5eTGdfe5

— Alphasson (@Marleeki) August 14, 2023