Man beats up policeman after preventing him from killing his lover!

Uchenna Okeke, a 26 year old Lagos trader appeared in Ikeja Magistrate court where he is being tried for assaulting a police officer on duty. The incident which took place on the 11th of June at Ikeja

where the accused beats up the police man on duty in that area causing injury to his head for trying to prevent Okeke from killing his lover.

The prosecutor, insp, Gorge Nwosu told the court that the complainant while performing his official duty sighted the accused beating up a woman and dragging her on the ground. “The police corporal saw the accused beating his girlfriend and dragging her on the ground, he rushed to the scene to prevent the accused from committing murder. “When he wanted to stop the accused from beating his lover, the accused transferred his aggression to him for preventing him from dealing with his fiancée. “He beat him up and hit him with a stone on his head which resulted to bleeding’’. 

The offences, said Nwosu, contravened Sections 166 and 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011, which on conviction attracts three-year imprisonment. The accused pleaded innocence of the offences and was granted bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum. The Magistrate, Mr A.A Adesanya, adjourned the case till July 6 for mention.