A guardian, Eunice Agboye, has been arraigned before Magistrate O.A. Daodu of the Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly inflicting multiple injuries on her 11-year-old ward with a wire.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the victim was beaten by Agboye for misplacing N1,000.
The police arraigned Agboye on Monday on one count of assault.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Sunday Bassey, told the court that Agboye committed the offence on June 24, on Oshinteye Street, Ketu, Lagos.
Bassey said the defendant unlawfully and indecently dealt with the 11-year-old.
He said, “The victim, who has been living with the defendant for over three years, was sent to buy something and was given N1000.
