Man pours hot semo on wife
A 35-year-old man, Bawa Joshua, was on Monday
tried before in Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly pouring hot
semovita on his wife, Grace.
The police prosecutor, Johnson Okunade, told the
court that the defendant committed the offence on May 7, at about 8:00 p.m., at
Ayoomodara St., Ado-Ekiti.
He said the defendant quarreled with the
complainant, and in the process poured hot semovita on her, which caused her
harm.
According to the prosecutor, the offence
contravened Section 415 of the Criminal Code, Law of Ekiti State, 2012.
The prosecutor applied for adjournment to enable
him to study the case file and present his witnesses.
The defendant’s counsel, Kayode Oyeyemi, however,
urged the court to grant bail to his client, and promised that he would not
jump bail.
The Chief Magistrate, Adesoji Adegboye, in a
ruling granted bail to the defendant in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in
like sum and adjourned the case until June 15 for hearing.
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