A 35-year old man, Dickson Peter, has been ordered by the Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, to be remanded in a correction facility for allegedly setting his landlord’s house ablaze, on Thursday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the police charged the defendant with two counts of felony and arson.
The Magistrate, Mr M. Mudashiru, who did not accept his plea due to want in jurisdiction, ordered that he should be remand in Abolongo Correctional facility, Oyo Town.Mudashiru said the remand is pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
Mudashiru adjourned the matter until July 23, for mention.
Inspector Femi Oluwadare, the Prosecution Counsel, told the court that Peter on April 18, at about 12:30a.m, was alleged to have unlawfully set fire to the House of his Landlord , Cepas Okeme and destroyed properties worth N6.5 million .
The inspector stated that after he set the building ablaze, it also got to the next building property belonging to Bose Ali ‘ F’ and other destroyed property worth over N3.5million .
He said the offence contravened the provisions of section 443 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State 2000.
