A landlord who damaged one of the eyes of his
tenants will know his fate tomorrow at the Ejigbo
Magistrates' Court, Lagos State, western Nigeria.
The court will tomorrow sentence the landlord,
Rasaki Elegbede, who pleaded guilty to the offence
of damaging his tenant's eye during a fight. The police in the charge sheet accused him of using
an object to hit one of the eyes of his tenant, Alfa
Fatai Adekola, during a fight over payment of
electricity bill. Adekola's left eye was damaged and doctors
confirmed that he cannot see with the eye again. The victim told the police in his statement that his
eye was damaged beyond treatment by the
accused during a disagreement over electricity bill. The incident happened at 15, Adelaja Ojo Street,
Egbe in Ikotun, Lagos. Elegbede was arrested and charged before the
court where he pleaded guilty to the three-count
charge of assault, wounding and conduct likely to
cause breach of public peace under the Criminal
Code. The presiding magistrate, Mr P. E Nwaka
ordered that he should be remanded in prison custody at Kirikiri Prisons, pending his sentencing
tomorrow. In his statement to the police, the accused admitted
collecting money from the tenants to pay the
electricity bill but did not pay before their light was
disconnected by PHCN officials. A protest by the aggrieved tenants led to a fight
during which the accused used a heavy object to
hit Adekola in the eye. When Elegbede was
arraigned in court on Monday, he pleaded guilty to
the charge and asked for leniency. He told the court
that he had already given the victim N20,000 out of the N65,000 needed for his treatment.