A 35-year-old commercial bus conductor, Edet Eno,
who allegedly assaulted a police officer by hitting him
with a baton was on Tuesday charged at an Igbosere
Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.
Eno pleaded not guilty to a count charge of assault and
was granted N100, 000 as bail with two sureties in like
sum.
The Magistrate, Mrs O. O. Otutiloju, who gave the bail,
also said that the sureties must be relatives of the
accused.
She said that the sureties must be gainfully employed
and their addresses verified.
Otutiloju, adjourned the case till Feb. 18 for trial.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Ejime Okete, had told the
court that the accused committed the alleged offences
on Jan. 6, at 2 p.m., at Obalende bust stop, Lagos.
He said that the accused dragged a baton from one
DSP John Alegbe and hit him with it.
“The police officer was doing his lawful duty when the
accused assaulted him,” Okete said.
He said that the offence contravened Section 172 (b) of
the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
