A
28-year-old woman, Mirian Ndubuisi, was on Tuesday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’
Court, Lagos, for vicious assault on a co-tenant.
The
accused, a business woman who resides at 18, Odolowu St., Ijesha, Lagos State,
is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and aggravated assault.
She
pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against her.
The
prosecutor, ASP Eramus Nnamonu, told the court that the defendant committed the
offence on Oct. 12 at their residence.
Nnamonu
said that a fight broke out between the two tenants who had previously been at
loggerheads.
He
said the complainant had alleged that the defendant’s attempt to eliminate him
had resulted in the death of the defendant’s son.
“A
scuffle ensued between Ndubusi and the complainant, one Phillip Eze, over his
declaration in church while giving a testimony that the complainant’s son death
was as a result of her intentions toward him.
“During
the fight, Ndubusi bit one of Eze’s arms and his scrotum, leaving deep
lacerations there,” Nnamonu said.
He
said that the offences contravened Sections 171 and 409 of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State, 2011.
Section
171 of the law prescribes that any person who unlawfully assaults another and
thereby does him harm is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for
three years.
The
Magistrate, Mrs A. R. Onilogbo, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of
N100,000 with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the matter to Dec. 11 for
mention.(NAN)
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