A 21-year-old man, Yusuf Adepoju, was yesterday arraigned at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly chasing people with a broken bottle to stab them.
The accused was arraigned before Magistrate A.A Adesanya on a three-count charge of attempt to commit felony, assault and breach of peace.
Adepoju pleaded not guilty and was granted N50,000 bail with two sureties in the like sum.
Prosecuting Inspector George Nwosu said the accused committed the offence last December 11 at Oshodi, Lagos.
Nwosu said the accused behaved in a manner likely to cause breach of peace by breaking bottles and chasing people in order to stab them.
“The accused met a boy fetching water at a market tap; he threw the boy’s bucket away; when the boy protested, the accused descended on him through beating.
“When the Iyaloja (market women leader) tried to stop him from beating the innocent boy, the accused held her shirt and in the process she lost her gold chain valued at N100,000.
“The accused went further to pick a bottle at a nearby shop, smashed it on the ground and was chasing the market leader with the broken bottle,” he said.
Nwosu said the accused also attempted to stab the market chairman whose attention was drawn to the case.
“When the market chairman rushed to the scene, he tried to stop the accused from stabbing the market women leader; the accused transferred his aggression to him.
“He started chasing the chairman with the broken bottle until the police was called and he was arrested,” he said.
The prosecutor said the accused threatened to set the market ablaze.
He said the offence contravened Sections 56 and 166 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Section 56 prescribes one year jail term for the offence.
The case was adjourned.
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