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An angry tenant, Thaddeus Chukwudorum who allegedly attempted to set his landlord’s house on fire has been charged before the Apapa Magistrate’s Court, Lagos. Chukwudorum allegedly operated his generator in his room at 33, Alaka Street, Olodi Apapa, Lagos in an attempt to set the house ablaze after his landlord, Chinakwaeze Cleyus, ordered him to pack out. Trouble started between him and his landlord when he allegedly sublet a part of the house to another tenant for N150,000. The landlord got to know about it and asked him to pack out. In anger, Chukwudorum allegedly carried his generator and went inside his apartment where he operated it. It took the intervention of the police who raced to the scene and switched off the generator to avert a

This is contained in the new tenancy bill that was passed into law by the State House of Assembly today. The law, which is expected to receive the assent of Governor Babatunde Fashola any moment from now, also stipulates that it is unlawful and criminal for a landlord or his agent to demand or receive from a sitting tenant, rent in excess of six months in respect of any premises without prejudice to the nature of tenancy. This means that those who are already tenants are not expected to pay more than six months in advance to their landlord. Hitherto, tenants were compelled to pay for even more than two years in some cases. The bill places a fine of N100,000 or three years imprisonment on any landlord or new tenant who pays in excess of one year and N100,000 or three months imprisonment for any landlord who fails to issue a receipt to a tenant for payment of rent. Some of the lawmakers who commented on the law this morning explained that the receipt would enable the...