Saheed Adisa, 37, has been arraigned before Magistrate F.M Onamusi of the Ogba Magistrate Court, Lagos State, Nigeria, for allegedly assaulting an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Salami Bukola, while she was on duty.
Reports say that the defendant allegedly punched Bukola’s face and indecently touched her breast while she was carrying out her duties around the under bridge area, in the Ikeja area of the state.
The defendant is facing charges bordering on assault, indecent body touch, and body injuries.
The charges read in part, “That you, Saheed Adisa, under the Ikeja Magisterial District, did assault one Salami Bukola, a LASTMA officer, by giving her fist blows on her face.
“That you, Saheed Adisa, under the aforementioned magisterial district, did indecently assault one Salami Bukola, a LASTMA officer, by touching her breast unlawfully in public.
“That you, Saheed Adisa, under the aforementioned magisterial district, did assault one Salami Bukola, a LASTMA officer, by giving her fist blows on her face which caused her injury in her nose.”
The defendant pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
Prosecuting counsel, Odugbo Innocent, said that the defendant committed the crime around 1.30pm at Ikeja under bridge, an offence contrary to Section 174 and punishable under Section 174 (e) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.
Magistrate Onamusi, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N200,000 with two reasonable sureties.
The matter was adjourned till September 12, 2022.