Two men were on Wednesday arraigned before the Chief Magistrates’ Court 4 sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos State for allegedly assaulting and macheting the left hand of a man identified as Ali Yaga at Elepete, the Ibeju Lekki area of the state.

The two defendants, Suraju Azeez, 37, and Opeyemi Kabiru, 24, were arraigned by the Lagos State Police Command before Magistrate O.A Salawu.

The prosecutor, Godwin Oriabure, told the court that the defendants and others at large carried out the act on June 14, 2023, around 5am in the Elepete, Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos.

The two counts charge, Godwin said, contravened Sections 411 and 173 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.

The charge read in part, “That you, Suraju Azeez, Opeyemi Kabiru and others at large, on June 14, 2023, around 5am at Elepete, Ibeju Lekki Lagos, in the Lagos State Magisterial District, did conspire amongst yourselves to commit felony to wit, assault, occasioning harm, and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.

“That you, Suraju Azeez, Opeyemi Kabiru and others at large, on June 14, 2023, around 5am at Elepete, Ibeju Lekki Lagos, in the Lagos State Magisterial District, did intentionally and unlawfully assault one Ali Yaga by macheting him on his left hand and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 173 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”

While Azeez pleaded not guilty to the charges, Kabiru pleaded guilty.

Magistrate Salawu admitted Azeez to bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum and ordered that Kabiru be remanded and the case file sent to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

She adjourned the case till September 14, 2023, for mention and facts and sentencing for Kabiru.