One Victoria Oleru, a seamstress, has been arraigned before a Surulere chief magistrates’ court in Lagos for allegedly assaulting and damaging a customer’s fabric worth N50,000.
Oleru, who resides at No 25 Uzor St., Apapa, Lagos, pleaded not guilty to two counts of damage to property and assault.
The 32-year-old seamstress committed the offences on Dec. 9, at about 6pm at Teju-Osho Shopping Complex. Surulere, Lagos, the prosecutor, Insp. Courage Ekhueorohan, told the court on Wednesday.
Ekhueorohan alleged that Oleru damaged some fabrics given to her by her customer, Ola Ajayi (complainant) to sew, NAN reports.
He submitted that when Ajayi insisted that Oleru must pay for the damaged fabrics, she viciously assaulted the complainant by hitting her in the eye.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravened the provisions of sections 172 and 350 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Magistrate O. O. Otitoju, admitted Oleru to bail in the sum of N20,000 with a reliable surety in like sum.
She ordered that the surety must be resident in Lagos and present a means of valid identification.
The case was adjourned until Jan. 24 for further hearing.