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It was drama recently as a driver connived with another man to brutally beat up and strip n*ked a female passenger on hijab.
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25-year-old driver in lagos identified
as Sodiq Olowolagba has allegedly beaten and stripped a female passenger n*ked. The incident happened on Wednesday in Lagos.
as Sodiq Olowolagba has allegedly beaten and stripped a female passenger n*ked. The incident happened on Wednesday in Lagos.
The suspect has been dragged to a magistrate court in Ikeja.
Olowolagba,
a resident of 37, Abarin Street, Meiran, Lagos, is answering charges
bordering on breach of the peace, conspiracy and assault.
According
to the prosecutor, Inspector Clement Okuoimose, told the court that the
accused committed the offences on March 30, at Alakuko Bus Stop, Lagos.
He said the accused and one other person, still at large, conspired to beat up and strip one Mrs Kafayat Rabiu.
“The
accused conveyed the complainant from Ikeja to Toll Gate and on getting
to Alakuko, the accused with his conductor asked the complainant to
come down; that they could not get to the last bus stop.
“The
complainant asked the accused to either return her money or put her in
another bus. She insisted she would not alight from the bus until she
collected her money back,”he said.
The prosecutor said further that the accused and his conductor applied force to push the complainant out of the vehicle.
“The
accused dragged the complainant from his vehicle and beat her up. Not
satisfied with the beating, he tore her Muslim clothes into pieces,
exposing her body to the public,”he said.
The offences, Ikuoimose said, contravened Sections 166, 171 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.
Section 171 prescribes a three-year jail term as penalty for offenders.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the offences and was granted bail in the sum of N100, 000 with one surety in like sum.
The Magistrate, Mrs Y. Okusanya, adjourned the case till April 24.
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