A Grade A Customary Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan, has remanded one Mudashiru Salau, 73 years, for alleged machete attack on one Ridwan Lawal, his neighbour.
The court’s President, Mrs O.E. Owoseni ordered Salau to be remanded in the Agodi correctional centre, due to his inability to fulfill the bail condition after he was granted bail.
Owoseni had admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two reliable sureties who must be blood relation in like sum.
She adjourned the matter until May 23 for trial.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Ayodele Ayeni had told the court that the defendant committed the crime on April 1, at about 7:00 a.m, at Alubarika Street, Muslim area in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Ayeni said that Salau inflicted a machete cut on the right cheek of the complainant after a minor disagreement.
According to the prosecutor, the cut consequently, brought about a serious bodily injury on the latter.
He said that the offence contravened the provision of section 355 of the Criminal Code Cap. 38 vol. ii law of Oyo State 2000.
