Woman, 27, arraigned for allegedly assaulting a policewoman.
A 27-year-old unemployed woman, Raliat Ahmed was on Thursday arraigned before a Somolu Magistrates’ court in Lagos for allegedly assaulting a policewoman .
The prosecutor, Asp. Akinlabi Adegoke told the court that the accused conducted herself in a manner likely to cause the breach of peace and also assaulted a policewoman on duty.
He said the accused held the uniform of the policewoman Murna Dow, a corporal while on duty and inflicted injury on her chest and left hand with her fingernails.
He said Ahmed committed the alleged offence at about 2 p.m. on May 4 at Pedro Police Station in Somolu, Lagos.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of breach of peace and assault.
Adegoke submitted that the alleged offences contravened Sections 249 and 356(1) Cap c38 Vol. 2 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
The Magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi granted bail to the accused in the sum of N50, 000 with a surety in the same amount and adjourned the case till June 15, for further hearing. ..............................................................................
Couple seeks divorce over childlessness.
A 55-year-old tailor, Oluwole Shoniran, on Thursday urged a Grade “A” Customary in Mushin, Lagos, to dissolve his five-year-old marriage.
The petitioner told the court that he was no longer interested in the marriage to Mrs Olayinka Shoniran, 45.
Shoniran told the court that he was fed up with Olayinka whom, he said, was not submissive and quarrelsome .
He prayed the court to end the marriage with Olayinka and to order her to pack out of his house.
Olayinka, a trader, consented to the dissolution of the marriage, adding that she was no longer in love with the petitioner.
The court president, Abayomi Ipaye, ordered the petitioner to give his estranged wife N70,000 to rent a room apartment before the next adjournment.
The petitioner had brought N44,000 to court and promised to pay the remaining amount before the judgment day.
Also, there is no evidence or document to prove that the respondent actually lent her husband the money, Ipaye said . He adjourned the case till May 18 for judgment.
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