Determined to force her tenant to quit her building, an angry landlord broke into the man’s apartment at Ijegun area of Lagos State and set it on fire. The landlady identified as Nike, poured fuel inside Adeleke Shakiru’s apartment and set it on fire.
The incident happened on Tuesday around 9a.m. She poured petrol on a foam and other property in the house, lit a matchstick and set the apartment on fire. Nike, her husband, Jamin, and other members of the family fled thereafter.
Witnesses said the whole building would have been razed down, but for the quick intervention of other tenants. The tenants stopped the fire from spreading. Shakiru’s property was, however, destroyed in the fire.
One of the residents said: “Our landlady set the apartment on fire just to force the tenant to quit the apartment.” Some residents said Nike broke into Shakiru’s apartment through the window.
It was gathered that Shakiru rented the apartment two years ago and was using a small generator like other tenants living in the building. One day, Nike’s husband told him to stop using the generator. When the tenant asked why, Nike ordered him to keep quiet and obey. If he refused to obey, he should vacate the apartment.
