A 25-year-old commercial motorcyclist was on Wednesday docked by an Oshodi Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly assaulting a police woman. The accused, Mustapha Babagana, who resides at No 9, Olusoji Idowu St., Ilupeju, is facing a charge of assault.
The prosecutor of the case, Cpl. Kehinde Olatunde, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Oct.18 at Town Planning Way, Ilupeju. He said that the accused assaulted one police woman, Sgt Ekpeyong Eyi, by throwing her off his motorcycle. Olatunde said that the sergeant was on official duty with her team when the incident occurred.
According to him, the police were arresting motorcyclists plying the Town Planning Way, Ilupeju to Oshodi in enforcement of the new Lagos State Traffic Law that restricted their movement from the particular road. He states: “As the road has been declared a no-go-area for motorcycle operators by the Lagos State Government, the sergeant arrested the accused and sat on the passenger sit of the bike… And immediately, Babagana raised the bike’s front wheel up and the female sergeant fell to the road,” the prosecutor said.
He said that the accused then sped off but was later arrested with the effort of the other policemen in the team. Babagana, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor said that the offence committed contravened Section 172 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State 2011. However, Magistrate M.R. Osho-Adebiyi granted the accused bail in the sum of N50,000, with one surety in like sum, and adjourned the case to Nov.11 for trial.
Source: NAN
Odiegwu! Poor masses actually have no place in Nigeria.