Man jailed One Year For Assaulting Woman ‘Over Sex’

A Lagos Magistrates’ Court, Tinubu, Lagos, on Monday sentenced one Olatunji Abejoye, 28, to one- year in prison for beating a woman who refused him sex. Abejoye was sentenced by Magistrate L.A. Owolabi, after he was convicted on a four- count charge of assault preferred against him ‎by the police. The convict, who was arraigned on August 14, was alleged to have assaulted one Jumoke Adepoju who allegedly owed him a N300 change. Prosecuting Sergeant Aondohemba Koti told the court that the convict and victim have known each other for two years and were neighbours at their
residence in Ibeju Lekki. Led in evidence by the prosecutor, Adepoju told the court that on August 13, at about 2:00pm at Kajola Town, Ibeju Lekki, Abejoye assaulted her with plank and inflicted injuries on her body after she refused to have sex with him. She alleged that ‎Abejoye who had gone out, on his return saw her with her boyfriend and started beating her without cause. According to the victim, the violence prompted her to report the matter at the Elemoro Police Station and the convict was subsequently arrested. ‎But in his testimony, Abejoye denied assaulting her over sex, stating that the reason for his action was the N300 change she owed her.The convict told the court that he had given her N500 after she requested N200 loan to cook noodles and ‎told her to keep his change, which she refused to give him.‎Abejoye alleged that the victim fell on the plank while he was chasing her for not returning his change. Delivering Judgment, Magistrate Owolabi noted that some residents in the community who were brought in as prosecution witnesses attested that the convict was a violent person. He noted that they have urged the court to not return him to the neighbourhood, adding that with the injuries inflicted on the victim over alleged N300 change, the convict was certainly a violent person. Following his plea for mercy on grounds that he has three young children, the Magistrate sentenced him to one- year in prison with hard labour.