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  • Man docked for damaging co-tenant’s eyes

    Man docked for damaging co-tenant’s eyes

    A 40-year-old driver, Ikechukwu Offor, who allegedly beat up a co-tenant for not opening the house gate and damaged his eyes, on Monday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

    A resident of Lagos Street, Agege, Lagos, Offor is being tried for breach of peace and assault.

    According to the prosecutor, Insp. Clement Okuoimose, the accused committed the offences on Feb. 23 at a tenement building.

    He said the accused assaulted a co-tenant, Mr Idowu Onajobi, by beating him and causing damage to both eyes.

    Okuoimose said following an agreement by tenants, the complainant was nominated to be locking the gate at  11.00 p.m. and keep the key.

    “The complainant was nominated by his co-tenants to be locking their gate at 11.00 p.m. as a result of wave of robbery in the area.

    “The accused, who came home late after the gate was locked, started knocking the gate loudly, threatening to destroy it if the gate was not opened for him.

    “When the complainant finally opened the gate, the accused descended on him for the delay.

    “He punched him several times in the eyes and damaged the eyes,” he said.

    He said the complainant was still in the hospital receiving treatment as he could not see clearly.

    The offences contravened Sections 166 and 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 171 prescribes three years imprisonment for assault.

    Offor pleaded innocence of the offences and was granted bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum.

    The Magistrate, Mrs Y. O. Ekogbule, adjourned the case until April 17 for mention.

  • Man beat up policeman for preventing him from killing his fiancée

    Man beat up policeman for preventing him from killing his fiancée

    A 26-year-old trader, Uchenna Okeke, on Tuesday appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly beating up a policeman.

    Okeke, a resident of Oluwalimu Street, Ikeja, Lagos, is being tried for breach of peace and assault.

    The Prosecutor, Insp. George Nwosu, told the court that the accused committed the offences on June 11 at Ikeja, Lagos.

    He said the accused unlawfully assaulted a policeman in uniform attached to MAN Centre Police station for preventing Okeke from killing his lover.

    “The accused beat up the complainant and also caused injury to his head,’’ he said.

    Nwosu said that the complainant while performing his official duty sighted the accused beating up a woman and dragging her on the ground.

    “The police corporal saw the accused beating his girlfriend and dragging her on the ground, he rushed to the scene to prevent the accused from committing murder.

    “When he wanted to stop the accused from beating his lover, the accused transferred his aggression to him for preventing him from dealing with his fiancée.

    “He beat him up and hit him with a stone on his head which resulted to bleeding,’’ he said.

    The offences, said Nwosu, contravened Sections 166 and 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011, which on conviction attracts three-year imprisonment.

    The accused pleaded innocence of the offences and was granted bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.

    The Magistrate, Mr A.A Adesanya, adjourned the case till July 6 for mention.

  • Court sentences man for disturbing religious assembly

    Court sentences man for disturbing religious assembly

    A Jos Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a 22-year-old man, Adamu Yakubu, to 12 months imprisonment for disturbing a religious assembly.

    Yakubu of Terminus Market, Jos, was charged with criminal conspiracy and disturbing a religious assembly contrary to Sections 97 and 212 of the Penal Code.

    The Magistrate, Mr Ashaibu Wase, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty and begged for leniency.

    Wase, who gave him an option to pay fine of N3,000, said the sentence would serve as a deterrent to others.

    Prosecutor Thomas Amuku had told the court that Insp. Danladi Sabo of the ‘A’ Division Police Station, while on patrol arrested the convict and took him to the station on March 28.

    Amuku said that the convict and another now at large conspired and interrupted a Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Easter rally.

     

    “The duo undressed themselves and started to interrupt an Easter rally organised by CAN around the Charcoal Market in Terminus.

    “They were trying to also incite others to join them in interrupting the rally but the police arrested the convict while the other man escaped,’’ he said.

    The prosecutor said that during police investigation, the convict confessed committed the crime

  • Man in Court for alleged stealing

    Man in Court for alleged stealing

    A 48-year-old man, Samuel Edeh was on Monday arraigned before an Enugu North Magistrates’ Court for allegedly renting out a property belonging to another person without his consent.
    The Prosecutor, Mr Mathew Eze told court that the complainant (one H.E Ogboko) reported the matter at New Haven Police station which led to the arrest of the accused.
    He said that upon investigation, the accused person admitted renting out a property belonging to the complainant located at plot 49A 2nd-Avenue, Independence layout, Enugu, and converted the proceeds valued at N250, 000 to personal use.
    Eze said that the accused also damaged a wooden door and louvers of the said property and sold some materials the complainant left in his store and valued at N150, 000, without his consent.
    The prosecutor said that the accused was later charged for malicious damage and stealing.
    “There was a counter claim by the accused person in his statement claiming that he used the money realized from the property to affect some maintenance on the building without the knowledge of the complaint.
    “There was no estimate or receipt from the accused to show that he actually renovated the building,’’ Eze said.
    He alleged that efforts made for the accused to refund the money was futile, which necessitated the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), in-charge of New Haven Police Station to charge the accused to court in the interest of justice.
    The Magistrate, Mrs E.N Alukwu adjourned the matter to April 25, for continuation of hearing.