Man, 23, docked for alleged assault, threat to life

An unemployed man, Sunday Oluwaseun, 23, was on Thursday docked in an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for alleged assault, threat to life and wilful damage.
Oluwaseun, who resides at Olufowobi Street, Ikosi, Ketu, was charged with four counts of conspiracy, assault, threat to life and wilful damage.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Prosecutor, Donjour Perezi, told the court that the defendant and three others, now at large, committed the offences on February 1, at Segun Salau Street, Ketu, Lagos.
Perezi said the complainant, Bolade Kazeem, a lotto agent, reported that he had an argument with the defendant over a drainage work he was overseeing.
He said the engineer of the site drew the attention of the complainant over the attitude of the defendant who demanded money from him.
He said that Kazeem pleaded with the defendant and his boys to maintain peace but all to no avail.
“Prior to his resistance, the complainant consulted the Baale and CDA chairman who came to settle the matter amicably.
“That same day by 4.30 p.m., the defendant and three of his boys came into his lotto shop to beat him up,” the prosecutor said.
Perezi also alleged that the defendant stabbed the complainant on the head with a broken bottle, damaged his lotto terminal machine valued N1.5 million and a jalamia cloth valued N12,000, totalling N1.51 million.
“They threatened to kill him with the same bottle and stole his gold chain of N150,000 and cash of N75,000 totalling N225,000,” he added.The prosecutor said that the offences contravened sections 56, 173, 287, 350 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos, 2015.
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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Sections 56 and 173 attract imprisonment of one year each for anyone found guilty of violence and assault.
The Magistrate, M.O Tanimola, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties each in like sum.
Tanimola ordered that the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and be gainfully employed.
She adjourned the case until March 1, for mention.