Mrs Ann Akpa, a 32-year-old nursing mother, was remanded in a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, for allegedly attacking a Magistrate.
The police charged Akpan Ann with lashing Magistrate Lilian Igwesi with a stick on the 28th of August 2023 at number 32 Hill Top Road, Abakaliki.
The defendant was also accused of creating a breach of peace by pouring dirt inside the Magistrate’s dwelling in the two-count charge action designated MAB /630c/2023.
ASP Chinagorom Eze, the Police Prosecutor, determined that she committed crimes punishable under sections 335 and 249(d) of the Criminal Code, Cap. 33, Volume 1, Laws of Ebonyi State, Nigeria, 2009.
While Eze E. Eze held a watching brief, the defendant pled not guilty to the two-count assault and causing breach of peace allegations.
A. J. Uguru, Esq., who represented the defendant, requested for bail in the most liberal conditions possible, emphasizing the fact that the offence was bailable.
Magistrate Lynda Ogodo deemed her bail reserved, ordered her remand at Nigeria Correctional Centre Abakaliki, and adjourned the reserved bail to September 27, 2023.
The charge said: “That you Akpa Ann aged 32 years old on the 28th day of August 2023 at No 32 Hilltop Road Abakaliki under the jurisdiction of this honourable court did unlawfully assault one Mrs Igwesi Lilian by flogging her with a stick at her left-hand side which caused her harm and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 335 of the criminal code cap 33 volume 1 law of Ebonyi state of Nigeria 2009
“That you, Ann Akpa, on the same date and place in the aforementioned magisterial district, did conduct yourself in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace by pouring dirt inside one Mrs Igwesi Lilian’s flat and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 249(d) of the criminal code, Cap. 33, Volume 1, Laws of the Ebonyi State of Nigeria, 2009.”
