Man jailed for stabbing girl friend with a bottle

An Ojo Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos, yesterday, sentenced
an unemployed man, Yusuf Adamu, 31, to 12 months
imprisonment for stabbing his girlfriend with a bottle.
Adamu, whose address is unknown, had pleaded guilty to the charge of
assault preferred against him.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr. Taslimi Shomade, who sentenced Adamu,
gave him no option.
The prosecutor, ASP Godwin Eze, had told the court that Adamu
commi-tted the offence on March 9, at 9pm, at Alaba Rago,
Okokomaiko, Lagos.
He said Adamu assaulted his friend, Miss Iyabo Lawal, by stabbing
her with a bottle.
Eze said the incident followed a quarrel between Adamu and the
complainant.
He said the offence contravened Section 171 of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State, 2011.

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