A 20-year-old lady named Joy Ikoja has been placed under detention in a correctional facility by an Ekiti State Magistrate’s Court in the Ado Ekiti District for allegedly injuring her partner Ibrahim Usman’s manhood.
The Ekiti State police command arraigned Ikoja on Tuesday for illegally tearing her boyfriend’s scrotal sack.
Inspector Adeboye Adesegun, the police prosecutor, reported that the defendant committed the crime in the Irona area of Ado-Ekiti at around 8:00 p.m. on April 12.
The prosecutor said that “the defendant did unlawfully inflict a wound on one Ibrahim Usman by tearing his scrotal sac.
“The defendant on the same date, time and place, did conduct herself in a manner likely to cause the breach of peace in the society.
“The offence committed is punishable under sections 186, 255 256(a) and 181(d) of Criminal Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria 2021,” Adegun said.
Given that the defendant is likely to jump bail, the prosecutor urged the court to deny her bail.
But counsel to the defendant, David Ogbede, urged the court to grant the defendant bail, assuring that she would not jump bail, as she was presumed innocent under the law.
The Magistrate, Mr Olatomiwa Daramola, in his ruling, refused bail to the defendant and ordered that she should be remanded at the Correctional custody in Ado Ekiti.
The magistrate adjourned the case till April 22 for a hearing.
