Tenant Gives Landlord Dud Cheque

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An angry landlord has dragged his tenant to a Lagos court for issuing him dud cheque for payment of house rent.

The landlord, Benjamin Ajaokwu, charged his tenant, Celestine Ngofor, to Ejigbo Magistrates’ court for giving him dud cheque.

P M NEWS gathered that Ngofor issued N150 ,000 Oceanic Bank cheque with serial number 23792078 as rent for the three bedroom flat he occupies at 4, Elder Adeyemi Street, Ejigbo, Lagos.

He was issued a receipt for the payment. The landlord later went to the bank with the cheque to withdraw the money and discovered that the tenant issued him a dud cheque.

The bank officials told him that there was no money in the tenant’s account.

Angered by his tenant’s action, the landlord went to Ejigbo Police station and reported the matter. And Ngofor was arrested and charged to court for the offence. He pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The presiding Magistrate, Mrs. M.B. Folami, granted him bail in the sum of N100,000 with one surety in like sum.

The matter was later adjourned. The defendant was remanded in prison custody pending when he will meet his bail condition.

—Cyriacus Izuekwe

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