A car wash attendant, Michael Taiwo, has allegedly
broken the spinal cord of his friend, Akeem Amoo,
after a scuffle between them.
PUNCH Metro learnt that 28-year-old Taiwo and Amoo were boyhood friends in the Alagbado area of Lagos State before a disagreement over age marred their relationship.
Our correspondent learnt that Amoo had been
admitted to an orthopaedic hospital in Lagos, while
Taiwo was charged to court by the police on Monday.
It was said the defendant, who claimed he was older, had accused the victim of being disrespectful to him whenever there was a discussion among their caucus in the community.
Our correspondent gathered that they kept each
other at arm’s length after several altercations on the issue.
On January 28, around 8pm, Amoo, a commercial
motorcyclist (popularly called okada rider), reportedly went to a car wash at Omisesan Junction– where Taiwo works – to wash his motorcycle.
Taiwo was said to have challenged Amoo to a duel
after accusing the latter of grazing his leg with the
tyre of his motorcycle.
In a show of strength, the suspect, it was learnt,
lifted Amoo up and smashed his back on the floor,
leading to what was later described by doctors as a
spinal cord injury.
Taiwo was later arrested and arraigned before an
Ikeja Magistrate’s Court sitting in the Ijaiye-Ojokoro
area of the state on one count of assault.
The charge read, “That you, Michael Taiwo, on
January 28, 2015, at about 7.40pm, at Omisesan
Junction, Alagbado, in the Ikeja Magisterial District,
did cause a grievous harm on Akeem Amoo by hitting him on ground full of stones which broke his
backbone and left ankle and thereby committed an
offence contrary to and punishable under Section
243 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria,
2011.”
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the
offence.
He was granted bail by the presiding magistrate,
Mrs. T. Akani, in the sum of N100,000 with a surety,
who, according to her, must also present evidence of tax payment and means of livelihood to the court for verification.
The case was adjourned till March 23, 2015 for
mention.
source: www.punchng.com/metro-plus/attendant-breaks-friends-spinal-cord-over-age-claims/
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