[READ & SHARE] Carpenter in court for biting lover’s lip, attempted suicide Via @iKanzee_RR

Lagos— A carpenter, Okechukwu
Onyemachi, 37, who attempted to take his
life, while at the Police cell, was arraigned
before an Ebute-Metta Chief’s Magistrate’s
Court.
The defendant was said to have attempted
to commit suicide by using his pair of
trousers to hang himself in order to escape
from being prosecuted for chopping off his
ex-lover’s lip.
The carpenter was arrested for beating and
chopping off the upper lip of his former
lover, one Nneka Obi, after meeting another
man in her apartment.
Oyemachi is facing a two-count charge of
assault and attempted suicide preferred
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, at 80,
Kadara Street, Oyingbo 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 a move not to be prosecuted, removed his
trousers and attempted to hang himself at
the water pipe that runs through the
police’s 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 against him.
The defendant’s counsel, Saka Kayode,
urged the court to strike out the case, as
Oyemachi and the victim have agreed to
settle the matter out of court.
The prosecutor, however, objected to the
application on the grounds that he was not