LANDLORD DOCKED FOR ALLEGEDLY CONVERTING RESIDENTIAL HOUSE TO CHURCH

The prosecutor quoted the defendant as saying that part of the agreement he reached with the defendant was that he would live peacefully in the property with his family, further informing the court that as soon as the defendant moved in, Agbo converted part of the property to a church, contrary to the agreement they entered into.

He told the court that, the defendant allegedly ordered the security guard to lock the defendant and his family out of the property, just as he stressed that the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 312, 322 and 256 of the Penal Code.

Penpushing reports that, at the court, the accused (Agbo), however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Magistrate, Abdulmajid Oniyangi, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N250,000 with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case to September 3 for hearing.