A 42-year-old man, Austin Anthony, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ikeja magistrates’ court for assaulting his wife and causing fracture on the hand of his three-month-old baby.
The prosecutor, ASP Raji Akeem, told the court that the offences were committed on September 8, at the defendant’s residence at Ipaja, Lagos.
Akeem said that a fight had ensued between the defendant and his wife, Ifeyinwa, over his failure to discharge his responsibility as husband and father.
Akeem said the defendant forcefully removed the three-month-old boy from the back of his mother and in the process broke his hand.
The prosecutor further said that the defendant beat up the complainant and pushed her from a storey building to the ground.
The Magistrate, Mrs B. O. Osunsanmi, granted a N500,000 bail to the defendant and adjourned to November 2. (NAN)
