Chief Magistrate Fadahunsi Adefioye of the Badagry Magistrate Court in Lagos, on Friday, ordered the remand of a 41-year-old man, Ibrahim Lemo, for groping the breast of a woman, and beating her up after she protested the assault.
Lemo, after pleading guilty to a two count charge bordering on assault, was ordered to be remanded in Awhajigoh Correctional Centre, Badagry, where he would remain till the next adjourned date of April 14 for facts and sentencing.
Clément Okuoimose, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), who was the prosecutor, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on April 6 at 2.30 pm at Badagry Roundabout shopping complex, Badagry, Lagos, adding that the accused, without lawful excuse, pressed the breast of the complainant.
He said the defendant also hit the complainant on her left eye and caused her harm after she asked him not to touch her again, offences, he said, contravened Sections 134 and 170 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.