A Lady arraigned in Lagos for assaulting 3 police officers

A woman in Lagos has been arrested by police officers
and arraigned before a state magistrate court over
allegations of assault.
Grace Adebanjo, 52, was apprehended after she allegedly
assaulted 3 police officers, one man and two women, and
has been charged with the offence before the court sitting
in Apapa.
Adebanjo, who is resident in the Ajegunle area of Apapa,
is facing charges ranging from assault to causing damage
to property and breaching the peace.

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Cpl. John Iberedem, the prosecutor, told the court that the
accused, who was being investigated by the police at the
Ajeromi Police Station, bit Cpl. Oda Fatimoh on her
finger.
Iberedem said that the accused also tore the uniform of
one Sgt. Olodu Frederick, attached to the Ajeromi Police
Station, while performing his lawful duty.
According to the prosecutor, the accused also held the
clothes of Cpl. Folasade Akinsola, cutting the
policewoman's golden necklace worth N34,000 in the
process.
He said that the accused committed the offences on
September 28, at 6.00 p.m. at the Ajeromi Police Station,
Ajegunle, Apapa.
Iberedem said the offences contravened Sections 166(d),
171, 172 and 337 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State,
2011.
If convicted of felony, the accused could bag three years
imprisonment. Adebanjo, however, pleaded not guilty to
the charges.
In his ruling, the Senior Magistrate, Mr P. A.
Adekomaiya, granted the accused bail in the sum of
N50,000 with a surety in like sum. He said that the surety
should show evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State
Government.
The magistrate adjourned the case till November 8, for
mention.