Lagos Court Remands Six Men For Allegedly Inflicting Injury On Woman, Others

A Lagos court has remanded six men for allegedly inflicting injury on woman

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Magistrate’s court sitting in Igbosere, Lagos, has remanded six men in Correctional centre for allegedly conspiring to cut off a woman and others’ fingers.

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The defendants: Kazeem Waheed; Sanni Lasiru Adegoroye; Adenipebi Adegoroye; Amunikoro Owolabi; Olayinka Adenipebi and Hakeem Olamiji Musiliu were arraigned before Chief Magistrate T. O. Babalola for conducts likely to cause breach of public peace

They were arraigned by men of Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (Force CIID), Alagbon-Ikoyi Lagos.

The prosecutor, Mr. Morufu Animashaun, had informed the court that the defendants and others now at large, sometime in 2019, invaded a community, Okunlofa via Ise Lekki, Lagos.

According to Animashaun, during the invasion, the defendants, inflicted bodily harm on the trio of Mrs. Idowu Okunniyi; Mr. Rasheed Gbenga and Mr. Igbokoyi Ayodele, by cutting off their fingers and making cuts on their bodies.

He said the defendants’ alleged illegal act caused the inhabitants of the village much apprehension, which resulted in breach of peace in the village.

According to the prosecution counsel, their offences contravened Sections Section 411; 246(a) and 168 (1)(d)of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015 and punishable under section 168(2) of the same Laws.

However, the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges when it was read to them.Following their plea, Animashaun asked the court for a trial date, and urged the court to remand them at the National Correctional Services (NCoS) till determination of the charge against them.

But counsel to the defendants, E. P. Oketi and E. E. Eze, orally applied for their clients’ bail. The counsel urged the court to admit them to bail in liberal terms on the ground that the charges against them were bailable.

After hearing the counsel’s submission, Chief Magistrate Babalola, granted each of the defendants bail in the sum of N250, 000 with one surety each.

The magistrate ordered that the surety must present to court evidence of three years tax payment, evidence of National Identification Number (NIN) enrollment, and that the surety must not be self-employed, but must be of managerial level.

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While adjourning to November 7, 2022 for trial, the magistrate ordered that all the defendants be remanded in the NCoS’ custody till perfection of the bail terms.

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