Ibrahim Lemo, 41, was remanded on Friday by a Badagry Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for prowling a woman’s breast.
Zainab Babalola insisted that Lemo halt the illegal activity, and the court heard that she was assaulted by Lemo as a result.
Lemo was placed on remand after entering a guilty plea to two counts that were close to assault. Chief Magistrate Fadahunsi Adefioye.
The defendant should be kept in custody at the Awhajigoh Correctional Center in Badagry, per Adefioye’s directive.
He set a new date for the case’s facts and sentencing on April 14.
Earlier, the defendant committed the offenses on April 6 at 2:30 p.m. in the Badagry Roundabout commercial center in Badagry, Lagos, according to the prosecution, ASP. Clément Okuoimose.
Lemo allegedly pressed Zainab Babalola, the complainant, on the breast without a valid reason, according to Okuoimose.
He claimed that after the complainant asked him not to touch her again, the defendant hit her in the left eye and hurt her.
Sections 134 and 170 of the Lagos State Criminal Law, 2015, according to the prosecutor, were broken by the offenses.
(NAN)
