Man accused of beating wife to coma in Ekiti

A 38-year-old man, Samuel Umeojili, has been arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti magistrates’ court for allegedly assaulting his wife and beating her into a coma.

The prosecutor, Inspector Olasunkanmi Bamikole, told the court that the defendant on February 15, at about 09am at No 2, Idolofin Street, Ado-Ekiti, assaulted his wife, Okechukwu Umeojili, by beating her to a state of coma contrary to Sections 185 and 181 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.

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The Magistrate, Mr Saka Afunso, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N25,000 with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case to February 29.