Nosimot Alalade, 34, was charged on Friday with assaulting an employee of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, in front of the Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Isabo.
The defendant, who resides at 5, Amadiya Street in the Olomore district of the capital city of Ogun State, Abeokuta, is accused of assault, acting in a way that endangers the complainant’s life, and acting in a way that is likely to provoke a breach of the peace.
Inspector Olaide Rawlings, the prosecutor, informed the court that the defendant committed the crimes on April 12 at around 1 p.m. in the Olomore neighborhood of Abeokuta.
When Silas Olaleye was carrying out his legal duties, the defendant allegedly assaulted him by forcing him off a ladder, causing permanent harm to his right leg.
She said that the IBEDC employee who filed the complaint and his colleagues were sent to the Olomore neighborhood to conduct a normal audit of IBEDC bills and meters.
The prosecutor added that the defendant was unable to show her bill when the complainant and his team arrived at her home and requested for it.
“In the process, the complainant was instructed by his team leader to disconnect the defendant’s light from the pole.
“When the complainant climbed the pole to disconnect the cable that carried light to the defendant’s house, she (defendant), out of anger, pushed the ladder which the complainant was mounting,” she said
Rawlings said that the complainant fell from the ladder and broke his right leg open.
She said the defendant further acted in a manner which endangered the life of the complainant and also conducted herself in a manner likely to cause breach of public peace by pressing Olaleye while on authorized duty.
She claims that the offenses violate Sections 338, 343, 355 and 249 of the Ogun State’s 2006 Criminal Code.
However, the defendant entered a not guilty plea to the accusations.
The defendant was granted bail in the amount of N100,000 with one surety in the same amount by the magistrate, Mrs. M.O. Osinbajo.
She then postponed the case’s trial until April 28. (NAN)
