A 72-year-old landlord, Chilaka Onyema, yesterday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly macheting his tenant, Christopher Ede.
Onyema, who lives at 5 Onyema Street, Alagbado, Lagos, is facing an assault charge.
Prosecuting Sergeant Michael Unah said the accused committed the offence on January 5 at his residence.
He said the accused macheted Ede on the forehead, shoulder and left finger.
“Ede said that he was coming back from work when he saw the landlord quarrelling with the new tenant in the compound. The complainant said that when he tried to settle the dispute between the duo, the landlord took a cutlass and used it to inflict injury on his forehead.
“Ede said that when he tried to collect the cutlass from Onyema, he (Onyema) also used it to cut him on the shoulder and left finger,” Unah said.
The landlord pleaded not guilty.
Magistrate A.O Gbajumo granted the accused N50,000 bail, with one surety in the like sum.
The case was adjourned.
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