It was as if the impossible happened about 2 days ago, when court bailiffs acting on the authority of a judgment against the owners of the former watering hole for the Island's upwardly mobile- A-Bar, came in with about a truckload of policemen and threw out every A-Bar's properties.
Apparently the owners of the joint- Osa Asemota, Marshall Onwuameze & Yusuf Hamman have had a long running battle with their landlord for quite awhile now, and the Landlord was said to have given them a quit notice, which they didn't agree to, so it became a court case and the aftermath of the whole brouhaha was what culminated to their forced ejection. Click to continue reading....
Though we couldn't confirm for a fact, what was the main cause of their fallen out with the landlord, one of the things we heard was that a #16 Million naira unpaid rent might have been the trigger.
For the 16 years old joint, which was opened by the trio in 1996, it is the end of a glorious era; as they were the fore-runners to a lot of joints and upstarts that later came up, but couldn't stand the test of time.
For the loyal patrons of the joint, many who had turned the joint to their home away from home, it was like someone major had died and it's been sadness galore. The place is said to hold a lot of great memories for many of the patrons.
While Yusuf is said to have left the business that had been a shadow of its old self since a while now, to concentrate on his hotel in Abuja, Osa Asemota, would now be able, to fully concentrate, on his car/communication’s business, it's only Marshall that we don't readily know what he is doing, but we hear him and Yusuf are partners in the hotel business.
Source: Maestromedia
If they got an injunction, why the forced eviction? Aren't court orders meant to be obeyed? Landlords like taking the mickey especially with their exorbitant rents/charges and brazen attitude.
ReplyDeleteSmoker's joint. But there Asu was really good. I won't miss it.
ReplyDelete16 million naira unpaid rent , how wicked can people be , it's not like they were not making money , neither were they forced to continue the business on the premisies , these are society's so called big boys , depriving another human being , well God will definately deal with them , good thing justice prevailed .
ReplyDeletethat place looked closed to me for over 4 years now.
ReplyDeleteOmashe o! I hung out there in 98/99.
ReplyDeleteRents and debts are killing businesses on the island.
Was there a way they wouldn't run down
ReplyDeleteWhen you owe, what is the next thing? Mschew next. Awon onigbese
ReplyDeletebusiness on the island is tough, from running generator 24/7 to high rent to thieving staff how wont businesses run down...i thot it was only and marshall that owned it, im sure a read in one of those mags that osa had pulled out..it was good in the 90s they shld have shut down ages ago...
ReplyDeleteso sad! A bar has served its purpose, at least yusuf will stop sleeping with girls in the toilet and stop been a complete drunk, then Thank God they will finally put marshal out of hes mental home....
ReplyDeletegeorge; na true oh. That won't stop him. He will carry on in his new biz (rented apartments) toilets! Marsh will move on to another mental home, that's if he hasn't already.
ReplyDeleteAtlantic bar stood the test of time 16 years in that industry is not a joke by any standards .
ReplyDeleteA lot of you insulting people using the Internet as a disguise probably couldn't even get in there in its hey day .
May A bar rip