LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- An 18-year-old boy, Michael Segun, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly beating up a security guard with planks and bottles.
Unemployed Segun, who resides off the Captain area, Abule Egba, Lagos, was charged with conspiracy and assault.
The prosecutor, ASP Raji Akeem, had earlier told the court that the offences were committed on 1 June at Larryem Hotel in the said area of Lagos.
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Akeem alleged that the defendant invited his friends and brutally assaulted the complainant, Mr Shettima Ibrahim, a hotel security guard, for daring to caution him for smoking Indian hemp within the hotel premises.
The prosecutor told the court that the complainant was rushed to hospital for medical attention.
The offences, according to the prosecutor, contravened Sections 173 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Magistrate Osunsanmi granted the defendant bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case till 2 August for mention.