Marcus Olasege, a 52-year-old man, was on Monday arraigned for assaulting and attempting to murder one Mohammed Alli in Lagos State.
The defendant was arraigned before Magistrate O.Y. Adefope of a Yaba Magistrates’ Court on two counts of assault and a breach of peace.
Haruna Magaji, the police prosecutor, told the court that Alli and the defendant had a quarrel over an undisclosed issue some time ago.
As a result, Olasege went to Alli’s construction site and began stoning his workers when he couldn’t find him.
When Alli arrived at the scene, the defendant was said to have stabbed him with a knife on the left side of his face and stomach.
According to Magaji, the incident happened on August 12, 2023, around 12 noon at Bishop Oluwole Street, Lagos State.
He added that the offense 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 a knife to stab him on the left side of his face and stomach which caused blood to be gushing out and thereby committed an offense punishable under Section 173 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015.”
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him.
The magistrate 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.
The defendant was remanded in custody of the Nigeria Correctional Service pending when he will perfect his bail conditions.
