3 men arraigned over assault on 2 IKEDC staff
Three men, who allegedly hit two of the staff of Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC), have been arraigned for assault. The trio, Alabi Tayo, 40; Olufemi Sangokeye, 37; and Lekan Lawal, 28, allegedly assaulted the IKEDC staff while on official duties with moulded block. The police arraigned them before an Ikeja chief magistrate court on […]
Three men, who allegedly hit two of the staff of Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC), have been arraigned for assault.
The trio, Alabi Tayo, 40; Olufemi Sangokeye, 37; and Lekan Lawal, 28, allegedly assaulted the IKEDC staff while on official duties with moulded block.
The police arraigned them before an Ikeja chief magistrate court on Tuesday.
The defendants, whose residential addresses were not provided, are facing a three-count-charge of conspiracy, breach of the peace and assault.
They, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
According to the prosecutor, Insp. Emmanuel Ajayi, the defendants conducted themselves in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace by disrupting some staff of IKEDC from performing their lawful duties.
Ajayi told the court that the defendants committed the offences with others still at large on December 18 at 10am, on Abule Taylor Street in Abule Egba, a suburb of Lagos.
He said the defendant used a molded block to hit one Ken Ikheria on the eyes and gave him a deep injury in his right eye while discharging his lawful duties.
The prosecutor said that the defendant also assaulted one Johnson Olabode by giving him a blow which resulted into a deep injury after he had torn his clothes.
The chief magistrate, Mrs O. Fagbohun, admitted the defendants to N100, 000 bail each with one surety each in like sum.
Fagbohun ordered that the sureties must be gainfully employed with an evidence of two years’ tax payment to the Lagos State Government and must also be residing within the court’s jurisdiction.
The magistrate adjourned the case until Jan. 15, 2020 for mention. (NAN)