An 18-year-old boy, Aliu Baba, is now telling a Magistrates’ Court , Oshodi, Lagos, why he allegedly partially blinded a married woman, Rasheedat Toriola, in one eye.
The Police are prosecuting Baba for assaulting Toriola after she allegedly refused him sex.
Toriola had gone to No 3 Olajire Street, Ilupeju Bye -pass, Mushin, Lagos State to sell soft drinks to one of her customers who happened to be Baba’s brother but did not meet him at home.
Toriola said that she was on her way out of the building when Baba blocked her way and assaulted her for refusing to sleep with him.
The 28-year-old victim reported the incident at the Ilupeju Police Division, while the suspect was arrested and subsequently charged to court.
Baba pleaded not guilty.
The presiding magistrate, Mr Akeem Fashola, granted him bail in the sum of N30, 000 and one surety in the like sum.
Magistrate Fashola also said that the surety must have a record of three years’ tax payment.
A drama however occurred shortly after Baba was granted bail as he attempted to bolt away without perfecting his bail conditions.
It took the combined effort of a policeman attached to the court and some men before the suspect was arrested on one of the streets in the neighbourhood.
The development angered the magistrate who ordered that the suspect be remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Prison until the next adjournment date.