An Ibadan
Grade “A’’ Customary Court sitting at Iyaganku, on Tuesday sentenced a 23- year
old man Taiwo Ojewola to two years imprisonment, for stabbing his neighbour in
the eye.
The
President of the Court, Mrs Basirat Gbadamosi, sentenced Ojewola after he
pleaded guilty to a two-count of conspiracy and assault.
Gbadamosi
ordered that the convict should spend the two years at Agodi Prison with hard
labour.
She,
however, granted him an option to pay N100, 000 as fine.
Earlier, the
Prosecutor, Sergeant Kola Olaiya, told the court that the accused committed the
offences with two others still at large on December 10, 2018, at Ayegun Area of
Ibadan.
Olaiya said
the accused stabbed the complainant, Mr Sunday David, with a sharp object on
the left eye thereby causing him grievous harm.
“The accused
and complainant, who are co-tenants, had a misunderstanding and some elders in
the area intervened and settled them.
“But on
December 10, the accused and his accomplices armed themselves with sharp
objects and stabbed the complainant while he was returning from his shop.
“He was
attacked, beaten and injured and was rushed to UCH Ibadan, for treatment where
he was confirmed blind on that eye,” he said.
Olaiya said
the offences contravened sections 335 and 516 of the Criminal Law of Oyo State,
2000.
(NAN)
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