For allegedly battering a female co-tenant and conducts likely to cause breach of public peace, an auto dealer, Kehinde Davies, has been been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ogba.
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The motor dealer was arraigned before the Chief Magistrate, (Mrs.) O. I. Raji, by the Police from Oko-Oba Division, Agege, Lagos, on a charge marked MIK/816/2023.
The 48 years old man was alleged to have beaten his co-tenant, one Mrs. Nafisat Sanusi, and had a conduct likely to cause breach of public peace.

The prosecutor, Inspector Ajayi Emmanuel, told the court that the defendant, who resides at No. 17 William Elliot Estate, Abule Egba, Lagos, on April 16, 2023, at about 10.30pm, assaulted the victim by beating her and causing her bodily harm. He told the court that the alleged offence, contravened sections 172 and 168 (D) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015 and punishable under the same laws.

The defendant denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty to the charge. Following his plea of not guilty, the prosecutor asked the court for trial date and equally asked that the defendant be remanded till the determination of the charges against him.

But the defendant’s counsel pleaded with the court to admit him to bail in the most liberal terms, on the ground that he is a first time offender and that the charges against him are bailable ones.

Magistrate Raji, who stood in for Magistrate (Mrs.) O. O. Fagbohun, admitted him to bail in the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

The Magistrate ordered that the sureties must present to court evidence of three years tax payment to Lagos State government, adding that the bail terms must be verified by the prosecutor. The Magistrate ordered that the defendant be remanded till he perfects the bail conditions, and adjourned the matter till May 25, for mention.
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