Lagos – 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.
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.
