A 34 yea-old-man, Bisi Adebiosu
on Friday told the Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court that he accidentally and out
of anger bit off the tip of his wife’s nose.
Bisi Adebiosu, who resides at No.
34 Verimacqueen Str., Lagos Island, is facing a two-count charge of domestic
violence and assault, occasioning harm.
The prosecutor, Inspector
Nurudeen Thomas, told the court that the accused committed the offences on
January 9 at the couple’s resident.
Thomas said that on the said day,
the accused physically assaulted his wife, an auxiliary nurse and a mother of
two, and bit off the tip of her nose.
He said that the couple, who got
married in 2007, started having problems when the wife got employed at a
private hospital.
He said the husband, who owns a a
boutique in front of their house, started complaining about his wife’s new
manner of dressing to work.
“Adebiosu beats his wife and does
not provide for the family.”
The offences contravened sections
11(a) (b) of the Protection Against Domestic Violence Law, 2007 and the 176 of
the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
While 11(a) (b) prescribes five
years imprisonment with or an option of N100,000 for any one found guilty of
the charge, Section 176 stipulates three-year imprisonment for offenders .
The accused, who pleaded guilty
to the charge of assault,however, said he was not guilty to the charge of domestic
violence.
Adebiosu, told the court that he
mistakenly bit off his wife’s nose in anger.
The accused told the court that
on the day in question, he got home and met his children crying and when he
asked of the whereabouts of their mother, he was told she was at a party two
houses away.
“I met my wife finishing off her
fourth bottle of Stout in the midst of men; I had to force her home and during
the struggle, I mistakenly bit her nose.
“I do the best I can to take of
our family, but my wife does not give me the respect that I deserve as her
husband.”
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs.
Kikelomo Ayeye, however, remanded the accused at Ikoyi prison.
Ayeye adjourned the case until
February 12 for further hearing
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