Two students were on Tuesday docked in a Kado Grade I Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly assaulting a teenager, Diamond Onyemobi in her residence.
The police charged Precious Yahaya, 25, and Goodness Zacheaus, 24, both of Gwarinpa Estate, Abuja, with criminal trespass and assault.
The defendants however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Prosecution Counsel DSP Stanley Nwafoaku, told the court that on Sept. 7, the complainant Mrs Sandra Aladum, mother of Onyemobi, of Gwarinpa Estate, Abuja, reported the matter at Galadima Police station.
Nwafoaku alleged that on the said date, the defendants trespassed into the complainant’s apartment and assaulted her teenage daughter, Diamond Onyemobi.
He alleged that the teenage girl sustained injury on her head and was rushed to the hospital for treatment.
The prosecution counsel further told the court that while the defendants were assaulting the girl, the complainant began to video the incidence and one of the defendant’s smashed the phone.
According to him, during police investigation, the defendants admitted to the crime, adding that the offence contravenes sections 348 and 268 of the Penal Code.
Mr David Idris, counsel to the defendant prayed the court to grant bail to the defendant in the most liberal terms, while citing sections 35(4) and 36(5) of the 1999 constitution and sections 158 and 165 of the Administrative Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015.
The defence counsel also said the defendants will not jump bail or interfere in the investigation, adding that they both have reliable and gainfully employed sureties.
The prosecution counsel, however, did not object to the bail application made by the defense counsel.
The Judge, Mohammed Wakili, granted Yahaya and Zacheaus, bail in the sum of N300, 000 with a surety each in like sum.
Wakili ordered that the defendant must provide a reliable surety, who must reside within the jurisdiction of the court.
He added that the sureties must provide a BVN print out, two recent passport photographs and a valid identification card, which must be verified by the court registrar.
The Judge adjourned the case until Oct. 25, for hearing. (NAN)
