The Police on Friday (Oct 25) arraigned a mother, Rebecca Osagie 49 in an Igbosere chief magistrates court Lagos, charged with assaulting her daughter.
The accused who resides at mama Garden Estate in Victoria Island Lagos is standing trial for allegedly slapping her daughter. The prosecutor,ASP Eniola Ekuma, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Oct 17 2013,at the above address.
ASP ENIOLA EKUMA Said:
The accused unlawfully assaulted one Miss Susan Osagie in her 20s,by slapping her on her face.
The mother had a misunderstanding with her daughter and this led to the accused slapping her daughter.
The prosecutor said that the offence contravened section 170 of the criminal Law of Lagos state, 2011.
Section 170 provides that any person who unlawfully assaults another is guilty of a misdemeanor and is liable, if no greater punishment is provided, to one year imprisonment. However the accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The chief magistrate,Mrs A.A. Adedayo, granted the accused N50,000 bail with one surety, and adjourned the case to November 13 2013 for trial
This is very interesting i most say, i never knew a child in Nigeria can drag his or her parent to court for assault o
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