Ojeriahi
Victor, 30, yesterday, appeared before an Ogudu Magistrate’s Court in
Lagos State for allegedly beating his elder brother’s wife to a pulp
because she was barren. It was alleged that the accused told their
neighbours that he beat up his sister-in-law because she had refused to
give his elder brother a child after five years of marriage. Ojeriahi, a businessman who lives on Ibefun Street, Alapere, is facing a one-count charge of assault occasioning harm.
The
prosecutor, Mr. Lucky Ihiehie, told the court that the accused
committed the offence on June 14 at the complainant’s residence. Ihiehie said that the incident happened shortly after the complainant, a trader, came back from the market that night.
Ihiehie
said: “She looked for the key where her husband normally kept it for
her, but did not find it. As she waited outside for her husband to come
back, her brother-in-law came into the compound. “He walked to where she was standing and pushed her. She fell.”
The prosecutor, a sergeant, said that the accused took the torchlight the complainant was holding and started hitting her face.
“The accused beat her to a pulp until neighbours came to her rescue,” he added.
Ihiehie
said that as soon as the complainant’s husband came back and saw what
his younger brother had done, he confronted him and was about to beat
him up when neighbours stopped him. He said that the accused narrated
to the neighbours that he beat up his sister in-law because she had
refused to give his elder brother a child after five years of marriage.
The
accused, who pleaded not guilty to the offence, alleged that the
complainant refused to let him into the house when he came back from
work. The magistrate, Mrs O. S. Amzat, granted bail to the accused in
the sum of N10,000 with two reliable sureties and adjourned the matter
till July 17. Source: kinnakas blog
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