Nasiru Ibrahim, who resides at Anguwar Paseli in Kuje, is facing a four count charge of join act, criminal force, assault and resisting arrest by the police, offences that contravened the provision of Sections 79, 265, 148, and 172 of the Penal Code.
The offence was said to have been committed at Mango Tree Area, Pasali in Kuje, at about 3p.m. on September 4, 2014.
The police prosecutor, Sergent Niyum Ishaya, told the court that the matter was reported at the Kuje police station by one Mr. Thomas Mgbede of the same address with the accused on September 5.
He said on September 4, one Ibrahim and Ashewu Sani now at large jointly insulted and tried to assault the complainant, saying it was when the police went to invite the accused persons that the accused person used a wood to inflict injury on the complainant and was rushed to the hospital.
The accused pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to him in court.
But his counsel, Barrister Akor Alhassan, made an oral application for his bail to enable his client see a doctor for the beating he received at the station.
The prosecutor objected to the bail application, saying that the accused is liable to jump bail, citing Section 341 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), which states that any offence exceeding three years shall not be granted bail ordinarily.
The presiding Magistrate, Mr Azubike Okeagwu, after listening to both sides, granted bail to the accused in the sum of N3, 000 and two reasonable sureties, who must reside within the jurisdiction of the court.
He adjourned the case to October 17 for hearing.
