Man Arrested For Stabbing His Neighbour With Broken Bottle

A mechanic identified as Lukmon Azeez has been arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing a neighbour, Ilo Muideen, during a fight on Anjorin Street, in the Akowonjo area of Lagos state.

It was learnt that the victim was injured within the head with a broken bottle while mediating a fight between Lukmon and his wife.

Lukmon, who allegedly came back home drunk on 12th September, had ordered his two children to kneel before lashing them with a stick. It was learnt that his wife, Kehinde, challenged him for beating the children.

The husband was said to have broken a bottle and threatened to stab her and their children.

It was learnt that the 46-year-old Muideen, who had visited his wife who lived in the house, came out to settle the quarrel.

He was reportedly stabbed by the 28-year-old.

Muideen, in his statement to the police, said, “Around 10.10pm on that day, I went to see my wife who was sick. As I was about to eat the food she gave me, I heard a woman shouting in the compound. I later heard the sound of a broken bottle.

“A woman called Mama Ade came to settle the quarrel, but someone pulled her away. When I could not take it anymore, I came out of the room and tried persuading the man. He used the broken bottle in his hand to stab me in the head.”

Lukmon was arraigned before an Ogba Magistrates’ Court on one count of assault.

The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The magistrate, W.A. Salami, granted him bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties each in like sum.

The case was adjourned till 3rd October 2018.