In what specialists are calling a “botanical betrayal,” Mr. Alhaji Musa of Ibadan has found that he has been reliably paying lease to a tree for the past 13 months.
“I thought it was an elderly landowner who fair favored silence,” Musa said. “The ‘landlord’ continuously communicated through notes tied to a department. I fair accepted he was old-school.”
The tree, an matured Iroko standing grandly behind a fence, allegedly “rented out” its shade, encompassing soil, and a little seat. Musa paid N30,000 month to month through versatile exchange to an account labeled “Sir Bark & Co. Properties.”
Doubt emerged when neighbors addressed why his proprietor never gone to community gatherings, never yelled at children, and never requested lease increment.
In the long run, a nearby youth confessed to setting up the conspire after realizing individuals would or maybe pay a tree than bargain with human proprietors.
In his defense, the youthful man said, “Honestly, the tree gives superior client service.”
The specialists are examining, in spite of the fact that a few within the community presently incline toward the thought of paying lease to trees. “They do not enter your house uninvited,” said one inhabitant. “And they do not yell when NEPA disengages the wire.”