Carpenter arraigned in court for chopping off lover’s lips

Okechukwu Onyemachi, a 37 year old carpenter who attempted to take his life while at a police cell was arraigned before an Ebute-Metta Chief’s Magistrate’s Court on Monday. He was said to have attempted to commit suicide by using his pair of trousers to hang himself in order not to be prosecuted for chopping off his ex-lover’s lip.
Onyemachi was apprehended for beating and chopping off the upper lip of his former lover, one Nneka Obi, after meeting another man in her apartment, at 80 Kadara Street, Oyingbo. He is facing a two-count charge of assault and attempted suicide levelled against him by the police.
The prosecutor, Sergeant Quasim Adams, told the court that the defendant had on August 7, 2014 at about 8.30am beat up and hit the victim with a hard object on the head before biting off her upper lip.
He also told the court that the defendant in an attempt not to be prosecuted removed his trousers and attempted to hang himself at the water pipe that runs through the police cell.
According to Adams,the offences are contrary to Sections 244 and 233 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. Onyemachi’s counsel, Saka Kayode, asked the court to get the case struck out, as Oyemachi and the victim have agreed to amicably resolve the matter out of court.

However, the prosecutor objected to the application.

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