Man assaults neighbours with bucket over theft of pure water sachets

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. Okeseara, who lives at No. 3, Olatunde Adegbesan
St., Alapere, Ketu, Lagos, is facing a charge of
assault at an Isheri Senior Magistrates’ Court. He, however, entered a plea of not guilty. 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. 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. “When the accused challenged the complainants
about it, they denied any knowledge about the
missing sachets of pure water. “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. 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. The Senior Magistrate, Mrs Olajunoke Olagbegi-
Adelabu, granted the accused bail in the sum of
N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.