Tenant beats landlady, dragged to court
A 28-year-old fashion designer,
Chizoba Nwakuro, who allegedly slapped his landlady over unsettled house rent,
was on Monday hauled up before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.
Nwakuro, a resident of Odusola
Street, Aboru, Ipaja, a Lagos suburb, is being tried for breach of peace and
assault.
According to the Prosecutor George
Nwosu, the accused committed the offences on April 4 at his apartment.
He said the offender assaulted
his landlady, Mrs Destiny Dennis, by slapping her several times.
Nwosu said the accused was owing the
complainant four months rent and when she asked for the money, the tenant got
angry and gave her several slaps on her face.
The offences contravened Sections
166 and 170 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Section 166 provides three months or
N45, 000 fine or both, while Section 170 prescribes three years jail term for
breach of peace.
The accused pleaded innocence of the
offences and was granted bail in the sum of N10,000 with two sureties in like
sum.
The Magistrate, Mrs O.I. Raji,
adjourned the case until May 2 for mention.
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