accommodation of its Staff. The 5th Defendant further made a rather absurd request on the Plaintiff to open an escrow account to enable the 2nd Defendant pay the accrued rents for the tenancy years 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008 half year. The said letter attached and marked Annexture 5 in the schedule of annexture shall be relied upon at the trial for its full effect and value. 9. The Plaintiff in its reply to the 5th Defendant’s aforementioned letter of 13th day of March, 2007 by means of a correspondence dated the 2nd day of April, 2007 and entitled: “RE: PROPERTY AT PLOT 307 GABES STREET, ZONE 2, WUSE DISTRICT, ABUJA” communicated his unequivocal position on issues raised by the 5th Defendant as follows: a. The Plaintiff acceded to the 1st Defendant’s decision to discontinue with the Tenancy Agreement between it and the Plaintiff in respect of the subject matter property. b. The Plaintiff without mincing words refused the suggestion that he open an escrow account for the arrears of rents to be paid into same on the following grounds: i. Extant banking requirements for opening an escrow account such as the one suggested by the 5th Defendant entailed making 7

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