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  • Woman docked for slicing another woman’s face with razor

    Woman docked for slicing another woman’s face with razor

    A 20-year-old woman, Loveth Augustine, who allegedly cut another woman with a razor blade on the upper eyes, was on Tuesday arraigned at an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.

    The accused, a student, who resides at 6, Adebisi St., Egbeda, suburb of Lagos, is being tried for assault.

    The Prosecutor, Insp. Raji Akeem, told the court that the offence was committed on Feb. 20, at Royale Club, Oba Akran, Ikeja.

    Akeem said that a fight ensued between the accused and the complainant, Miss Motunrayo Fatai, at the night club at 1:00 am.

    “The accused beat her and used razor blade to cut the upper part of her right eyes which caused her deep cut on the place.

    “She was rushed to the hospital and was treated,” he said.

    The offence contravened Sections 170 and 173 of Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.

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

    Chief Magistrate T. O Shomade granted the accused a bail of N20,000 with two sureties in like sum.

    He adjourned the case until March 28 for mention.

  • New bride attacks husband with razor blade

    New bride attacks husband with razor blade

    A newly-wedded bride in Sokoto, Shafa Muhammad, 28, has attacked her husband with a razor blade and injured him on the head.

    The couple is living at Arkillar Liman Area, Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

    The incident allegedly occurred on December 16, just three weeks after the couple Wedded.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Shafa was allegedly forced to marry Umar Shehu against her wish.

    “The husband went into her room to consummate the marriage when she attacked him with a razor blade.

    “He sustained injuries on the head as a result of the attack,’’ a source close to the family, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN.

    Confirming the incident, the spokesman of the Sokoto state Police Command, ASP Ibrahim Abarass, said the husband had been treated and discharged from the hospital because his injuries were not life threatening.

    Abarass, however, said the wife had been detained by the police and would be prosecuted after investigation.

    He advised parents to always consider the wishes of their children before getting them married.

  • Lagos intervenes in case of woman who slashed son with razor blade

    Lagos intervenes in case of woman who slashed son with razor blade

    The Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development has intervened in the case of a woman, Moji Lawal, who allegedly sliced her son’s hands.

    The ministry warned the woman to desist from the cruel act or be prepared to face the wrath of law.

    The Nation had exclusively reported last Saturday how Lawal subjected her son, Lateef, 14, to cruelty by slashing the boy’s hands for returning home late from church on Monday August 21.

    The woman, who is said to be a typist with Yaba College of Technology and resides at 56 Market Street Shomolu was said to have abandoned Lateef, a student of Morocco High School, shortly after she inflicted deep cuts onnhis hands.

    It was also learnt that bystanders took the boy to Shomolu General Hospital where the Medical Welfare Unit of the hospital took care of his treatment.

    It was learnt that the incident was reported at Alade Police Division.

    Speaking with The Nation on Thursday, Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Pharm (Mrs) Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf said the officials of the ministry has stepped into the matter with a view to stopping the woman from subjecting the boy to further cruelty all in the name of discipline.

    She said: ‘’ Officials of the ministry have visited the woman’s residence as well as the hospital where the boy was treated. However, the boy has been released to his mother because he is a teenager and the woman is a first time offender.

    ‘’The woman has been cautioned against the use of inhuman or crude disciplinary measures to rein in her son. However, as a responsible state government, our officials shall continue to monitor the woman and the boy in order to see if she complies with our warning. If she fails to adhere to the warning, the government would take legal actions against her.’’

    The Commissioner urged parents to report their recalcitrant children to the appropriate authorities including her ministry instead of subjecting them to cruelty and deadly disciplinary measures.

    ‘’ The wellbeing of children is of importance to the state government, hence, we will not tolerate any form of degrading or inhuman treatment of children in Lagos State, no matter who the perpetrator is,’’ she added.

  • Nursing mother ‘slashes rival’s breast with razor blade’

    Nursing mother ‘slashes rival’s breast with razor blade’

    The police have accused a nursing mother, Tina Promise, of slashing her rival’s face and breast with a razor blade.

    The police said Tina, a mother of three including a three-month-old baby, suspected that her lover was also dating a cleaner ‎at Eko Hotel, Esther Onogwu.

    It alleged that on Monday at about 9:20pm on a street on Victoria Island, Lagos, Tina, 28, accosted Onogwu, 22, on the suspicion that her lover was in Onogwu’s home and attacked her with the blade.

    Tina, of No. 71b, Molade Okoya Thomas Street, Victoria Island, was arraigned Wednesday before Magistrate A. F. Botoku of an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos on a one-count charge of unlawful assault.

    Prosecuting Sergeant Francesca Job told the court that the defendant committed the alleged offence on February 6, 2017, at about 9:20pm.

    Responding to a question from Magistrate Botoku, Job said: “On the day of the incident the victim was on her way home after close of work when the defendant approached her and demanded for the key to her room. Onogwu asked who the defendant was and why she needed the key to her house, but ‎the defendant suddenly brought out a razor blade and started cutting her on her head and left breast.”

    “She then tried to leave but passersby apprehended her and asked her to take the victim to the hospital for treatment, but she refused, saying she didn’t have money to pay for the treatment.”

    It was the passersby, Job said, that took Onogwu to the Bar Beach Police Station from where she was taken to a hospital.”

    According to the prosecutor the alleged offence was punishable under Section 244 (a) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

    Tina denied the charge and Magistrate Botoku granted her N200,000 bail with one surety in the like sum.

    She adjourned the case till March 1.

  • Poly student allegedly slices neighbour with razor blade

    A student of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Bimbola Coker, has been arrested after she allegedly inflicted injuries on one of her neighbours, Mrs. Mercy Nwankwo, with razor blade.

    The incident happened on June 13, 2016 at about 5pm at No 2 Babatope Lane , Iya Agan Ebute Metta Lagos.

    The 21-year-old National Diploma (ND1) Business Administration student, who is a native of Ogun State, had a quarrel with another neighbour which degenerated into a fight.

    It was learnt that Nwankwo who intervened in the matter had reprimanded Coker for causing the quarrel.

    It was learnt that Nwankwo and the neighbour in question slapped and bite Coker on her left arm.

    It was thereafter that Bimbo picked a razor blade to cut Nwankwo’s back causing her grievous harm.

    Coker was subsequently arrested and arraigned before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court over unlawful assault.

    The Investigating Police Officer (IPO), Sergeant Comfort Williams, told the court that the Nwankwo’s husband had reported the matter to the police while in a pool of her blood.

    She was thereafter referred to the Federal Medical Center, Oyingbo for treatment.

    The offence, prosecuting police officer, Sergeant Jimah Iseghele said, is punishable under Section 243 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

    Coker pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    Counsel to the defendant, Saka Bello applied for the bail of his client in the most liberal terms.

    He added that the complainant has agreed with the defendant to settle out of court.

    The presiding magistrate, Folarin William, granted bail to the defendant in the sum of N50, 000 and two sureties in like sum. She added that one of the sureties must be either a father or a mother to the defendant and the other to be gainfully employed.