Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo
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An Osogbo Magistrates Court on Tuesday remanded a 30-year-old man, Sikiru Akintunde, in prison for allegedly assaulting an old woman.

The  prosecution  said the accused person committed the offence on February 17, 2019, at about 11:00pm, at Ita-Olokan area in Osogbo.

The Prosecutor, Inspector Olayiwola Rasaq told the court that the accused person  while heavily drunk,  lost control of himself  and used  a knife to inflict injuries on the head of the  old woman,  Simbiat Ajani  who was sleeping at the corridor of her building.

Rasaq, said the  incident led to the breach of public peace until the police intervened before the situation was brought under control.

The offence committed contravened sections 355 and 249(d) of the criminal code cap 34 vol. 11,laws of Osun, 2003.

The accused person, who is facing a  two-count charge of  assault and breach of public peace pleaded not guilty to the charges leveled against him.

His lawyer   Mr Okobie Najite, prayed the court to grant  him  bail in most liberal terms.

The Magistrate, Mr Ola Olagoke, overruled the  oral bail  application  made by the lawyer for the  accused counsel and  ordered him to bring  a formal bail application before  the court.

He  adjourned the matter till March 3 2019.