A 49-year-old housewife identified Ngozi Igbonekwu has been docked for joining hands with her son, Chukwu to beat up her husband, Edwin Igbonekwu in Lagos The mother and son, appeared before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday.
They were charged before a Magistrate, Mr L.K.J Layeni, on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, assault, threat to life, willful damage, and causing a breach of peace.
The prosecutor, ASP Simon Uche, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on Jan. 18, at the Iyana Itire area of Ajangbadi in Ojo.
He alleged that following a disagreement, the mother and her son conspired to assault the complainant, one Mr Edwin Igbonekwu, (their husband and father respectively).
The defendants were alleged to have pulled down the compound gate, rained several blows on the complainant, and violently threatened to kill him.
Prosecution also alleged that the duo caused a breach of peace, by pouring remnant from a bottled mineral on the body of the complainant.
The offence contravenes the provisions of sections 58, 168, 172, 350, and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
The court granted the defendants bail in the sum of N200,000 each, with two sureties each in like sum.
The magistrate adjourned the case until Feb. 19, for trial.
(NAN)
