- 30-year-old Tossu was arraigned on Tuesday before an Ota magistrates’ court
- The prosecutor, Insp O. Adaraloye, told the court that the defendant on July 8, at about 7am at No3 Alati Street, Ota
The police in Ogun state have arraigned one Esther Tossu for allegedly assaulting her neighbour.
30-year-old Tossu was arraigned on Tuesday before an Ota magistrates’ court.
The prosecutor, Insp O. Adaraloye, told the court that the defendant on July 8, at about 7am at No3 Alati Street, Ota, gave her neighbour a slap during a disagreement contrary to Section 351 of the Criminal Code of Ogun, 2006.
The defendant pleaded not guilty, and the Magistrate, A. O. Adeyemi, admitted her to bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case to July 27.
Meanwhile, a clutch of senior secondary school pupils in Ogun State have been apprehended for beating a teacher, Kolawole Shonuga, the police in Ogun state have said
The students reportedly attacked the teacher for stopping one of them from cheating during an examination in their school.
The incident occurred at Isanbi Comprehensive High School, Ilisan-Remo, in the Ikenne Local Government Area of the state.
It was further gathered that Shonuga, while invigilating the unified examination for the SS 1 Art class students, caught a pupil cheating and seized his paper.
Unhappy with the teacher’s action, the students after the school hours reportedly challenged the teacher and beat him up at the school’s gate.
According to Punch, policemen from the Remo Division later arrived at the scene and arrested about 10 of them.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Omotola Odutola, confirmed the incident.