Man Assaults Neighbours With Bucket Over Theft Of Pure Water Sachets

[Shola Sholaz]

The police on Thursday in Lagos arraigned a 46-year-old man, Segun Okeseara, for allegedly assaulting his neighbours with an aluminium bucket over alleged theft of his sachets of pure water in their apartment.
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Okeseara, who lives at No. 3, Olatunde Adegbesan St., Alapere, Ketu, Lagos, is facing a charge of assault at an Isheri Senior Magistrates' Court.
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He, however, entered a plea of not guilty.
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But the prosecutor, Insp. Nurudeen Thomas, told the court that the accused committed the offence at 7.20 p.m on Oct. 21 at No. 3, Olatunde Adegbesan St., Alapere in Ketu, a Lagos suburb.
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He alleged that the accused hit two of his neighbours — Dada Jelili and Ajani Amidu — with an aluminium bucket and injured them over missing sachets of pure water kept in front of his room.
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"When the accused challenged the complainants about it, they denied any knowledge about the missing sachets of pure water.
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"Okeseara became violent and hit Jelili with an aluminium bucket on the head leaving a deep cut. He also stoned Amidu on the forehead," Thomas said.
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The offence, he noted, contravened Section 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. Section 171 stipulates three years imprisonment for the accused on conviction.
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The Senior Magistrate, Mrs Olajunoke Olagbegi- Adelabu, granted the accused bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.