A 33-year-old woman,
Blessing Uche, on Monday appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court
in Lagos for alleged theft of N17, 800 and stripping herself naked in public to
resist arrest.
The accused, who is
facing a three-count charge of assault, stealing and resisting arrest, however,
pleaded not guilty.
The Prosecutor, Cpl.
Cyriacus Osuji, told the court that the accused committed the offences on June
6, at the Railway Line in Otto area of Lagos.
Osuji said that Uche,
an alleged sex worker, stole the sum of N17, 800 from one Shaibu Umoru.
He told the court that
the accused stripped her naked when the police came to her arrest, thereby
frustrating them from doing their lawful duty.
“She stripped herself
naked in public and caused public nuisance and disturbance,” he said.
The prosecutor said
that the offences contravened sections 117, 173, and 285 of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State 2011.
Chief Magistrate
Olatunbosun Abolarinwa granted the accused bail in the sum of N50, 000 with one
surety in like sum.
Abolarinwa adjourned the
case to July 8 for mention. (NAN)
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