A 46-year-old tenant identified as Usman Hammed, on Thursday appeared in an Ogudu Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly assaulting his landlady, Josephine Durodola, over electricity bill.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Donjor Perezi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on April 8 at about 9 pm at No 25, Olaniyi Str., Agiliti, Mile 12, Lagos State.
Perezi added that the defendant assaulted his landlady when she demanded from his money for payment of his electricity bill
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According to him, the defendant hit the complainant’s head against an iron gate which caused her to be hospitalised.
The prosecutor added that the offence contravened Section 173 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2015.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him.
The Magistrate, Tanimola, therefore granted him bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.
The case was adjourned till May 16, 2023, for mention.
