The police on Friday arraigned two friends in an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stabbing their neighbour, with a broken bottle in the stomach.
The police charged Sukunmi Osoloye, 33 and Afeez Sani, 30, who reside in Ifako area of Lagos state, with conspiracy and causing grievous harm.
The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Donjour Perezi, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on August, 29.
Ihiehie alleged that the first defendant, Osoloye and Sani stabbed Oyindaramola Oyetoro, during an argument.
He alleged that the complainant sustained life threatening injuries as he was left there to bleed to death.
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The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of sections 173 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that section 173 prescribes a three-year jail term for offenders if convicted.
The defendants, however, denied the charges.
The Magistrate, Mrs. Bukola Mogaji, admitted the defendants to bail in the sum N100, 000 with two sureties in like sum.
She ordered that the sureties must be a clergy man or a community leader with three years tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
Mogaji adjourned the case until October, for mention. (NAN)