Three men, including a commercial bus driver, were on Tuesday charged before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, with affray and assault.
The accused area: a bus driver, Nurudeen Azeez (25), Ismaila Olanrewaju (25) and Rasaki Ogidan (37).
Prosecutor Gabriel Ekundayo, said the trio with others still at large, engaged in a free-for-all on Oct. 5 at Odunsi St., Bariga, Lagos.
He alleged that Ogidan assaulted Azeez by macheting him on the head while Azeez stabbed Olanrewaju, a carpenter, with a broken bottle.
The offence, Ekundayo said, contravened Sections 83 and 355 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges and each was granted bail in the sum of N100, 000 with one surety each in like sum.
The case was adjourned till Dec. 9 for further hearing.
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