There were fracas in an Apartment at Imara Daima estate after a landlord attacked his tenants for refusing to move out contrary to his wish.
The incident which happened on Friday evening shocked the residents of Maziwa area and attracted crowds who braved the rain in attempt to lynch the landlord.
Tenants described the landlord as unpredictable and frequently came up with strange rules for tenants.
Unfortunately, the Apartment’s security guard who was also assaulted as the landlord was ejecting some tenants.
“He wanted to lock the door and the tenant had no arrears, in the process he hit me with a spade and strangled me, luckily I managed to escape,” he shared.
On September 29, some residents said the landlord notified the tenants that it was illegal for more than one person to occupy bedsitters in his apartment.
Further, he issued directives that one bedroom should not be occupied by more than two people.
This did not go well with some tenants who ganged up to ask him to explain his new rules and that’s when the landlord is said to have turned wild.
He is said to have marked the tenants who were against his new rules, drafted notices and dropped them in their houses while they were away for Christmas.
“This notice serves as an official directive for all occupants of described house numbers to make all possible arrangements to vacate and surrender possession of the aforementioned property by December 31st 2023.” the notice reads in part.
On Thursday evening, the landlord arrived in the company of bouncers and started throwing, claiming that they had allegedly not obeyed his orders to vacate.
Amid the fracas several tenants who were away were injured before police arrived at the apartment to save the landlord from the irate mob.
“I sustained an injury on my fingers after one of the bouncers attacked me, it so unfortunate that the man we have entrusted with our money has become rouge,” one of the tenants said.
The landlord was whisked away by police is expected to be arraigned in court on assault charges and violating tenancy act on.
