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A 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.
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.
Ikuoimose said the complainant boarded the vehicle of accused and
along the road, the accused stopped, saying he was no longer going to
the complainant’s destination after collecting the fare.
“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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