A lawyer has narrated a horrific encounter she had with another road user. @TheFitLawyer said she was assaulted at link bridge by a driver who scratched her car. She said he tried to deny that he scratched her and pinned the blame on her. He then got down and an argument ensued during which he slapped her. A fight then broke out and her nail was broken so bad that she was bleeding.
Police and other passersby, who were men, took sides with the man. However, she said a female road user captured the incident.

 

 

When the man, who is a driver for the real owner of the car, was asked to swear that he was telling the truth, he said his religion doesn’t allow him to swear.
When they eventually got to the station and every evidence was laid out, the DPO asked her if she wanted to press charges. It was at this point that the man began begging that he has a wife and kids.
Others joined him to beg and told her to forgive. This, she said, angered her because she was being made to feel guilty for seeking justice.

 

 

The young lady, who only recently returned to Nigeria, said the country is ‘doomed’ and has beaten her hard over and over again. She added that Nigeria is not safe and women are not valued because every organization is run by men.

 

 

On the other hand, a 32-year-old woman, Oluwakemi Saheed, was brought before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun today for allegedly slapping a man publicly. Gift, who lives at No. 12 Tolani St., Iyana-Iyesi near Ota, is facing a charge of assault. According to Police Prosecutor Chudu Gbesi, the woman committed the offence on Nov. 4 at 7.00 a.m. at Odan Otun, Itele, near Ota.

 

 

The accused assaulted the complainant, Mr Jinadu Kazeem, by slapping him in the public during an agreement, Gbesi told the court. The offence contravened Section 351 of Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun, 2006. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. While ruling on the bail application of the accused, the Senior Magistrate, Mr G. E. Akan, granted her bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum. Akan said that the sureties must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and should be gainfully employed with an evidence of tax payment to Ogun Government. He adjourned the case until Jan. 19 for further hearing.

 

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