The accused, Wale Hammed and Adebayo Ibrahim, both aged 20, and resident at 6, Olubala St., Aga, in Ikorodu, near Lagos, are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, breach of peace and assault.
According to the prosecutor, Sgt John Iberedem, the duo committed the offence on 11th March 2018 at Aga Community in Ikorodu.
He told the court that the accused beat up Olabijo with a broken bottle and sticks for protecting a woman who was his girlfriend from being molested.
Iberedem said the accused had asked the woman out severally but she refused to heed his love advances.
He said that while the complainant and the woman were passing-by, the accused persons called her and she refused to answer. They were about to drag her when the complainant challenged them.
“While challenging them, they both carried sticks and hit him on his head, and stabbed him with a broken bottle.
“Passers-by handed them over to the police, while the complainant was rushed to the hospital,” he said.
