Court Sends Tenant To Remand For Setting Landlord’s House On Fire

For allegedly setting his landlord’s house on fire, an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered that a 35-year-old man, Dickson Peter, be remanded in a correction facility.

According to reports, the police charged the defendant with two counts of felony and arson.

However, the Magistrate, Mr M. Mudashiru, who did not take his plea due to lack of jurisdiction, ordered that he be remanded in the Abolongo Correctional Facility, Oyo Town, adding that the remand is pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).

,,,,,Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Femi Oluwadare told the court that Peter, on April 18, at about 12:30 am, was alleged to have unlawfully set fire to the house of his landlord, Cepas Okeme, and destroyed properties worth N6.5 million.

…..Oluwadare said that after he set the building on fire, it also spread to the next house property belonging to Bose Ali ‘F’ and destroyed property worth N3.5 million, saying the offence contravened the provisions of Section 443 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State 2000.

The matter was adjourned til July 23, 2024, for reference.(NAN)