Two Men In Surulere Magistrates' Court For Stabbing Another Over Girlfriend

The police in Lagos on
Thursday arraigned two
businessmen who allegedly
stabbed a man all over his body
because of a girlfriend.

Chukwuebuka Ejiofor (28) and
Ekene Kanu (30) appeared before
a Surulere Magistrates' Court on a
two-count charge of conspiracy and
assault.

Ejiofor and Kanu, who reside at 8,
Amusa St., Bale, Orile-Iganmu, and
6, Agbonyin Ave., Surulere,
respectively, pleaded not guilty.

The prosecutor, Gabriel Ekundayo,
said that the duo conspired and
stabbed one John Paul on July 22
at a hotel at Coker, Orile-Iganmu, in
a dispute over Paul's girlfriend.

Ekundayo said that trouble began
when Paul saw the girlfriend, Miss
Oluchi Nwachukwu, (18), in the
company of the accused where
they were drinking beer in the
hotel premises.

The prosecutor said that Paul
demanded that the girlfriend
should follow him.
"He accosted her to ask of her
mission in the hotel but the men
said that the lady belonged to
them, and that he cannot take her
away.
"Before Paul could say another
word, they broke bottles and
stabbed him severally all over his
body,'' the prosecutor said.

He said that Paul was still receiving
treatment in a hospital.
The prosecutor said that the
offences contravened sections 407
and 171 of the Criminal Code, Laws
of Lagos State, 2011.

Magistrate M.A. Ladipo granted the
accused bail in the sum of N200,000
each with two sureties in like sum.