Seamstress docked for damaging customer’s fabric
A 32-year-old seamstress, Victoria Oleru, was on Wednesday arraigned before the Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for assaulting and damaging a customer’s fabric worth N50,000,
Ms Oleru, of No 25 Uzor Street, Apapa, Lagos, pleaded not guilty to two counts of damage to property and assault.
The prosecutor, Inspector Courage Ekhueorohan, told the court that Ms Oleru committed the offences on December 9, at about 6:00 p.m., at Tejuosho Shopping Complex. Surulere, Lagos.
Mr Ekhueorohan alleged that Ms Oleru damaged some fabrics given to her by her customer, Ola Ajayi (complainant), to sew.
He submitted that when Ms Ajayi insisted that Ms Oleru must pay for the damaged fabrics, she viciously assaulted the complainant by hitting her in the eye.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravenes sections 172 and 350 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Magistrate O. O, Otitoju admitted Ms Oleru to N20,000 bail with a reliable surety in like sum.
She ordered that the surety must be resident in Lagos and present a means of valid identification.
The case was adjourned until January 24 for further hearing.
(NAN)
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