Police arraign six for assault, malicious damage

SIX men have been arraigned before Chief Magistrate Folake Oshin of a Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting in Igbosere, Lagos by the Police over allegations of allegedly dispatching hoodlums armed with cutlasses and other dangerous weapons to a parcel of land in Anthony area of Lagos, an offence punishable under section 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015.

The six men: Kayode Aiyetiwa, Badmus Gbenga, Monsuru Ajani, Abubakar Rotimi, Kayode Onasanya and Dele Abiodun Adeshina all pleaded not guilty to the charges.

There were alleged of assaulting two people identified as Ayodele Opeyemi and Lawal Abideen and thereby committing an offence punishable under section 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 and also threatening violence by using dangerous weapons to chase away workers from the said price of land and thereby committed offenses punishable under section 56(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria. 2015.

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In count five, the suspects were charged with assaulting one Akinluyi Onilere by beating him with an iron rod on his head which caused him grievous bodily harm and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 173 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State.

In count six, the suspects were charged with damaging one bulldozer at a site located at Anthony and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 339 and punishable under section 350 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.

All the offences were alleged to have been committed March and April 2017.

The case has been adjourned to July 24, 2019.