A 34-year-old woman, Nosimot Alalade, has been arraigned before an Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Isabo for allegedly breaking the leg of an official of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC.
The defendant, who resides at 5, Amadiya Street, in the Olomore area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, faces three counts of assault, conduct likely to cause breach of public peace, and acting in a manner to endanger the life of the complainant.
The prosecutor, Inspector Olaide Rawlings, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on April 12 around 1 pm.
Rawlings said the defendant assaulted the official, Silas Olaleye, by pushing him from a ladder while performing his law duty, which caused him permanent injury on his right leg.
She said the complainant and his team were assigned to the area for routine check of IBEDC bill and meters when the incident happened.
The prosecutor further stated that when the complainant and his team got to the defendant’s house, they asked for her bill and she could not produce it.
“In the process, the complainant was instructed by his team leader to disconnect the defendant’s power from the pole.
“When the complainant climbed the pole to disconnect the cable that carried light to the defendant’s house, she (defendant), out of anger, pushed the ladder which the complainant was mounting,” she said.
Rawlings said the IBEDC official fell from the ladder and sustained an open injury on his right leg.
According to her, the offences contravene Sections 338, 343, 355 and 249 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun State, 2006.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Magistrate, Mrs M.O. Osinbajo, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N100,000, with one surety in like sum.
She, thereafter, adjourned the case till April 28 for trial.