Udeme Inim, 30, an indigene of Akwa
Ibom State, allegedly bit off his stepson’s ear on Saturday at their residence on
Asaka Street, off Abule-Nla Road, Ebute Meta West, during a scuffled between
the Inim and his wife, which is also the victim’s mother!
The victim said, “On that day, he was fighting with my mum and at a point he began to destroy some of our property. It was too much for me to bear.
“So I tried to stop him and that was when he attacked me and bit off my ear.”
Inim said he was not guilty of the charge and elected summary trial.
The magistrate, Nurudeen Layeni, wondered why the defendant wore dirty clothes, asking if he was employed.
Inim said, “I am employed. I work with Cross Country Company as the manager. It was the police that gave me the clothes in their station; they are not my clothes.”
The Investigating Police Officer, Sergeant Dibia Godwin, told the court that Inim had entered the station stark naked.
He said, “He works as a loader with Cross Country. On that day, the victim had first come to the station to report; there was blood all over him, he had to be taken to the hospital.
“Shortly after, he (Inim) also rushed in. He was stark naked. He said he wanted to report the same matter and we wondered how he could say he wanted to make a report after disfiguring somebody’s ear. We had to get something to put on him.”
The defence counsel, Beauty Otighi, told the court the matter was a family affair, adding that the victim was the defendant’s stepson and that they lived in the same house.
The victim said, “On that day, he was fighting with my mum and at a point he began to destroy some of our property. It was too much for me to bear.
“So I tried to stop him and that was when he attacked me and bit off my ear.”
Inim said he was not guilty of the charge and elected summary trial.
The magistrate, Nurudeen Layeni, wondered why the defendant wore dirty clothes, asking if he was employed.
Inim said, “I am employed. I work with Cross Country Company as the manager. It was the police that gave me the clothes in their station; they are not my clothes.”
The Investigating Police Officer, Sergeant Dibia Godwin, told the court that Inim had entered the station stark naked.
He said, “He works as a loader with Cross Country. On that day, the victim had first come to the station to report; there was blood all over him, he had to be taken to the hospital.
“Shortly after, he (Inim) also rushed in. He was stark naked. He said he wanted to report the same matter and we wondered how he could say he wanted to make a report after disfiguring somebody’s ear. We had to get something to put on him.”
The defence counsel, Beauty Otighi, told the court the matter was a family affair, adding that the victim was the defendant’s stepson and that they lived in the same house.
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