PHOTO: Two Women Batter Neighour’s Face With Blade Over Church Choirmaster.

Two women,Temitope Abigeal and Temitope Remi have been arraigned before a
Chief Magistrate's Court in Ebute Meta on a three count of conspiracy,
assault and grievous harm. Abigeal (26) and Remi
(28), both choristers at a Cherubim and Seraphim church at
Progressive Road, Ebute Meta, were said to have assaulted Hannah
Okurabe (18) with
razor blades at Abule Nla junction, a few metres away from the church.

The March 17, 2013 incident was said to be the result of an earlier
fight over the church's choirmaster, Joseph
Unuigbe. A father of two, Unuigbe is married to
Folashade, who is also a member of the same church. The charge read,

"That you Temitope Abigeal and Temitope Remi at about
18.30 hours at Abule Nla junction, Apapa
Road, Ebute Meta West, Lagos in the Lagos
Magisterial District did conspire
amongst
yourselves to commit felony to wit
assault and thereby committed an
offence punishable under section 409 of the criminal law of Lagos State of
Nigeria 2011. "That you, Temitope
Abigeal and Temitope Remi in the
aforementioned magisterial district
did unlawfully use a razor blade to cut
one Okurabe Hannah on her cheek, eyelid, left ear
and back of her neck which caused
her grievous harm and thereby
committed an offence
punishable under section 243 of the
criminal law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011." The defendants pleaded not
guilty to the charges." Their counsel,
identified simply as Mr. Chukwudi,
made a bail application. The
prosecutor, Mr. Ishola Samuel,
objected to the bail application, saying that the
complainant was presently admitted
to the Lagos Island General Hospital.
Samuel said, "If bail is granted, the
defendants are likely to abscond from
the court and that would prejudice the interest of
justice. In view of this, I ask this
honourable court to
discountenance the bail application of
the defence counsel." The Magistrate,
Mrs. M. O. Tanimola, ruled that the charge was a bailable offence. She
said, "Bail is hereby granted the two
defendants in the sum of N200,000
each in like
sum. Defendants are to produce two
responsible sureties who are gainfully employed and
with evidence of tax payments to the
state government in the last three
years. "The sureties must be relatives
of the defendants and their addresses
are to be verified. Case is adjourned to the April 17
2013 for mention." The suspects are
said to be currently remanded at the
Kirikiri Minimum Prison.