4th October, 2014
The police at Ilasan Division, Lekki, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arrested a commuter bus driver, Habeeb Muniru, 33, for allegedly stabbing a LASTMA official, Mr Adesanjo Ayodele on his jaw with a weapon.
He allegedly attacked Ayodele for arresting his colleague now at large for a traffic offence.
After investigation by Corporal Bello Oluwaseyi and his team, the suspect was arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos on a count charge of felony and also for stabbing occasioning bodily harm.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Raji Akeem told the court that the accused committed the offence on 30 September, 2014 at Jakande roundabout, Lekki, Lagos.
He said the complainant reported the matter to the police that the accused stabbed him with a weapon while on lawful duty.
Akeem said the complainant, a LASTMA official, stated that he arrested a bus driver, now at large, in Lekki, Lagos for a traffic offence, and the accused who was not at the scene when the arrest was made stormed the scene with his bus and blocked the arrested vehicle, insisting that nobody could take the vehicle away.
He further said that the accused picked an iron rod from his vehicle and stabbed him on his jaw, adding that, when the arrested driver discovered that blood was gushing out from his jaw, he fled the scene and abandoned his colleague to his fate.
Akeem said that the offence the accused committed is punishable under sections 172 of the criminal laws of Lagos state, 2011.
The accused however pleaded not guilty to the charge and Magistrate Mrs Olumide Fusikat admitted the accused on bail in the sum of N20,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Fusikat adjourned the matter till 21 October, 2014 for mention, while the defendant was taken to Ikoyi prison, Lagos pending when he will fulfil the bail conditions.