32-year-old
Chinwendu Chita has been arraigned before Ejigbo Magistrates Court on charges
of alleged assault of her husband, Okechukwu Chita and a Police woman at their
residence in Alhaji Agbeke Street, Ago Palace in Okota area of Lagos.
The
lady was accused of continously assaulting her husband for not showing enough
commitment in their marriage by getting her pregnant, leaving him scared of
returning to their home.
Chinwendu who allegedly began assaulting her
husband in 2018, subjected him to more physical abuses after the police
intervened.
The
accused allegedly asaulted her husband after locking him up in their apartment
22nd December, 2019. She reportedly used a frying spoon to smash his head and
face causing him grievous injuries, before forcefully collecting the sum of
N650,000 from him in exchange for his life.
Chinwendu
who continued beating her husband despite warnings from the police, also
allegedly assaulted a police woman Sgt. Ojooniyan Omonike, who was sent over by
the DPO of Ago Police division to invite her to the police station.
P.M.EXPRESS
reported that she pleaded not guilty to the charges against her after being
arraigned before the Magistrate of the Ejigbo court, Mr. T.O. Shomade.
Shomade
who fixed a date for the police to prove the charges against the lady, granted
her bail of N700,000 with two sureties in like sum.
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