A
50-year-old Muslim cleric, Mohammed Yusuf, and daughter, Salamat, 18,
were on Tuesday arraigned at a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos,
for allegedly distributing poisoned “akara’’, a local snack, to
beggars. The Yusufs, who are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy
and attempted murder, were alleged to have inserted needles in the
snack before giving them to beggars.
The Prosecuting State Counsel,
Barr. Ben Ekundayo, told the court that the defendants committed the
offences on Aug. 5 at about 2 p.m. at Offin Street, Balogun, Lagos
Island.
He alleged that the man and his daughter carried out the act
with intent to endanger the lives of the beggars.
“The Muslim
cleric sent his daughter to give the beggars, near the mosque, the
bean-cakes, but when one of them (the beggars) opened the bean-cake,
he found needles in the middle.
“Other beggars were notified; one
of them, who know the daughter and the school where she teaches, led
them there and she was apprehended. “She also led them to her
father,” Ekundayo said.
he said that the offences contravened
Sections 228 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The
defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Magistrate, Mr Ade
Adefulire, admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of N500, 000,
with two sureties each in like sum. He said that sureties must be
blood relations and account owners with a deposit of N100, 000 in
their bank accounts. Adefulire adjourned the case to Sept. 29.
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