OJB Jezreel is dead

                        

Popular music maestro and producer,  Babatunde Okungbowa  otherwise known as OJB Jezreel, has been reported dead.

According to PM News, the 49-year-old talented producer was reported to have passed on about few hours ago.

The music maestro who had a kidney transplant in 2013, his kidney transplant failed completely since last week and his family had to keep him on N35,00 dialysis treatment to overcome the relapse.

His body has been deposited in a morgue at Isolo General Hospital.

OJB Jezreel suffered from a kidney ailment in 2013 and had a successful kidney transplant within the same year after several contributions from friends and artistes in the music industry.

OJB passed on a month to his 50th birthday and he is survived by his three wives- June, Korede and Mabel and eight children.

Tenant smashes caretaker's head with hammer for alleged rent

A 26-year-old man, Lucky Aigbogun, appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates' Court on Monday for allegedly smashing his caretaker's head with a hammer.

Aigbogun, a resident of Shola Martins Street, Agege, Lagos, is facing trial for breach of peace and assault.

The Prosecutor, Insp. Essien Ndarake, told the court that the accused committed the offences on June 1 in Agege Area of Lagos.

He said the accused assaulted his caretaker, Morakinyo Sunday, by beating and hitting his head with a hammer.

‘The accused beat and hit the complainant’s head with hammer which caused him harm,’’ he said.

Ndarake said that the complainant went to Aigbogun’s office to demand for the rent he owed when the incident happened.

“The complainant approached the accused for his overdue hotel rent, which he refused to pay.

“Aigbogun locked the complainant up in a room and beat him, but when he was not satisfied with the beating, he went further to pick hammer and hit Sunday’s head.

“The accused later unlocked his door when he saw blood gushing out of the complainant's head and allowed him to go,’’ he said.

Ndarake said the offences contravened Sections 166 and 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011, which attracts three years imprisonment on conviction.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the offences.

The Magistrate, Mrs E. Kubeinje, granted bail to the accused in the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

Kubeinje adjourned the case till June 22 for mention.