A 35-year-old man, Gabriel Elijah, was on Thursday arraigned before a Barnawa Customary Court, Kaduna, for allegedly beating his neighbour’s wife to a pulp. Elijah, a resident of the Barnawa Complex area of Kaduna State, is standing trial for a charge of assault. The prosecutor, Sergeant Chidi Leo, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on December 27, 2018, at his residence. Leo said that Amaka Chinoso of the same address as the defendant reported the matter at the Barnawa Police Station, Kaduna, on the same date. The prosecutor said that the complainant was saved by neighbours, who were at home.

Source: Punch January 04, 2019 03:35 UTC