Man bites off neighbour's nose

For allegedly biting off a neighbour’s nose, a mechanic,
Augustine Orivba, was on Monday arraigned in Lagos.
He was charged at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.
Orivba, 40, a resident of no. 3, Osho close, Obokwu St.,
Ojodu, Lagos, is being arraigned for breach of the peace
and assault.
The Prosecutor, Insp. George Nwosu, told the court that
the accused committed the offences on Jan. 12 at his
residence.
He said that the accused unlawfully assaulted his
neighbour, one Mr Henry Obocha, by biting off his nose.
“The accused bit off his neigbour’s nose”, he said.
Nwosu said that the accused always came home very late
and would be knocking heavily for neighbours to open the
door.
“The accused used to come back home by 1:00 a.m and
will be disturbing his co-tenants by banging the passage
door for them to open it.
“That fateful day, he banged the door, but no response
from any of his neighbours”, he said.
The prosecutor said that the accused damaged the door to
gain entrance into the passage that led to his apartment.
“When the accused finally entered, he sighted the
complainant sleeping in the passage; he went angrily to
attack him for not opening the door for him.
“In the process of punches between the accused and the
neighbour, the accused bit off his nose”, he said.
The offences, Nwosu said, contravened Sections 166 and
171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Section 171 prescribes three-year jail term for offenders.
The accused pleaded innocence of the offences and was
granted bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two sureties in
like sum.
The Magistrate, Mr A.A Adesanya, adjourned the case to
Feb.2 for mention. (NAN)