The case centers on Daisy Obi,
a 73-year-old ordained
minister from Nigeria who is
the pastor of the Adonai Bible
Center in Somerville, just
north of Boston. In April 2012,
Obi rented an apartment in
her multi-family home to
Gihan Suliman, her husband
and five young children.
Suliman complained about
the heat and electricity not
always working, while Obi
complained Suliman appeared
to have 12 to 15 people living
in the apartment at one point.
Suliman testified that about a
month after she moved in, Obi
stood on the stairs outside
Suliman's apartment
screaming anti-Muslim
insults.
The following month, while
Suliman was taking her baby
out of the car, she said Obi
yelled anti-Muslim sentiments
at her other children.
Then, about a month later,
Suliman said Obi accused her
of ringing her doorbell,
shouted at her and pushed
her. Suliman said she fell
backward down 15 to 20
stairs, hitting her face on the
banister, cutting her lip and
tearing a ligament in her
shoulder.
While sentencing Obi last
year, Judge Paul Yee Jr. called
Obi "the landlord from hell"
after pointing out that she had
harassment prevention orders
issued against her by two
other tenants.
He sentenced her to two years
in jail on the assault and
battery charge for pushing
Suliman but required her to
serve only six months, with
the remaining 18 months
suspended if she complied
with certain probation
conditions.

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