A 52-year-old man identified as Marcus Olasege, has been arraigned before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court for assaulting and attempting to kill one Mohammed Alli in Lagos State.
Olasege was arraigned before Magistrate O.Y. Adefopeon two counts of assault and a breach of peace.
The police prosecutor, Haruna Magaji, in his brief told the court that Alli and the defendant had a quarrel some time ago and this made Olasege to visit Alli’s construction site and began stoning his workers when he could not find him.
The prosecutor said when Alli later arrived at the construction site, Olasege stabbed him with a knife on the left side of his face and stomach.
He said the incident happened on August 12, 2023, around 12 noon at Bishop Oluwole Street, Lagos State.
Magaji said Olasege’s action contravenes and is punishable under Sections 168(d) and 173 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015.
The charges read in part, “That you, Marcus Olasege, on August 12, 2023, around 12noon, at a site in Bishop Oluwole Street, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did assault one Mohammed Alli by using knife to stab him on the left side of his face and stomach which caused blood to be gushing out and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 173 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015.”
Olasege pleaded not guilty to the charges proferred against him.
He was then granted the defendant bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case till September 22, 2023, for mention.
He was remanded in custody of the Nigeria Correctional Service pending when he perfect his bail conditions.
