An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court has remanded three brothers for allegedly beating a female pregnant neighbour to pulp. Arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and assault, the brothers - Yusuf Oloyede, 25; Ganiyu Oloyede, 18; and Riliwan Oloyede, 28, conspired to assault a pregnant neighbour, Mrs Maria John, by beating her up.
According to Daily Post, the Prosecutor, Cpl. Michael Unah stated that, “The accused beat up their neighbour not minding her condition.’’ He said that the complainant’s children were digging the ground to pack sand to fill the front of their house when the accused ordered them to stop.
“The complainant’s children were digging sand to fill the front of their house and the accused asked them to stop but they refused.
“The accused went to pick cutlasses and was chasing the complainant’s children to machete them following which the complainant rushed to the station to report the matter.
“While at the station, he received a call from his daughter that the accused persons have descended on his pregnant wife and beaten her into coma.
“He rushed home to meet his wife in coma, stained with blood all over her body, she was rushed to the hospital and she delivered on Jan. 4 through Caesarean section,’’ the prosecutor added, stating that the offences contravened Section 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
If convicted, the accused are liable to two years imprisonment, he said.
The Magistrate, Mrs. A.O. Gbajumo, remanded the brothers at the police station and adjourned the case to January 6 for mention.
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