Tenant smashes landlord’s head during disagreement over rent increase from ₦300,000 to ₦1 million in Edo

Tenant smashes landlord’s head during disagreement over rent increase from ₦300,000 to ₦1 million in Edo

A tenant in Benin metropolis, Edo nation, has reportedly left his landlord with serious head injuries following a war of words over an increase in rent from ₦300,000 to ₦1 million.

In a video shared onine on Friday, October 30, the tenant admitted injuring his landlord however claimed he acted in self-defence after being slapped.

according to him, the war of words commenced whilst his landlord faced him over tiling work he had achieved within the apartment the use of his personal cash.

The tenant defined that he undertook the maintenance to improve the space for his commercial enterprise, but his landlord allegedly demanded additional fee for the paintings.

He claimed the owner ultimately accelerated his lease from ₦three hundred,000 to ₦1 million, main to an issue between them.

“He slapped me first and out of my defence, I smashed his head. It wasn’t intentional,” the tenant stated.

The disagreement reportedly left the owner with serious injuries to his head.