The police on Thursday arraigned a 24-year-old man, Chima Ezeakolam in an Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, charged with beating his sister, Queen Ezeakolam to a pulp over plate of extra food.
Ezeokolam, a resident of Agbe Street, Olodi Apapa, Lagos, is standing trial on a two-count charge of assault and breach of peace.
The prosecutor, Insp. Tony Elibeh, told the court that the defendant, who entered a not-guilty plea, committed the offences on Jan. 28 at their residence.
He said Ezeokolam assaulted his sister, Queen, by beating her to a pulp after she refused to give him an extra plate of food.
He added that efforts by their older siblings to settle the dispute proved abortive as the defendant held the sister and continued to beat her.
The prosecutor said the sister reported the case to the police and the brother was arrested for further questioning, noting that…
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