A 30-year-old artisan, Kabiru Tajudeen, who allegedly beat his landlady to a pulp for giving him a quit notice, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.
Tajudeen, who resides at 28, Omoroga Street, Powerline, Meiran, a suburb of Lagos, is being tried for assault.
The prosecutor, Raji Akeem, told the court that Tajudeen committed the offence on April 1 at his residence.
Akeem said that the landlady, Omowunmi Omoroga, gave the quit notice to the accused in 2017 but he refused to comply with it.
He said: “A fight ensued between them when the complainant asked the accused when he would pack out.
“The accused beat the complainant to a pulp, and she was rushed to a hospital by some other tenants.”
The offence violated Section 173 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, according to Akeem.
Tajudeen, however, pleaded not guilty.
Chief Magistrate Jadesola Adeyemi-Ajayi granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Adeyemi-Ajayi adjourned the case until May 7 for mention.
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