Man Stabbed Another Man for Refusing to Buy him beer

Lagos – A Lagos court has slammed a N300, 000 bail on
an unemployed man, 32-year-old Debo Adisa, for
allegedly stabbing a man with a broken bottle at a hotel
for refusing to buy him a beer.
Adisa was released on bail on Tuesday by an Ikeja
Magistrates’ Court after he pleaded not guilty to the
charges brought against him.
The Magistrate, Mr A.A. Adesanya, who gave the ruling,
said the accused should produce two sureties as part of
the bail condition.
Adisa, whose address is unknown, is being tried for
breach of the peace and assault.
According to the prosecutor, Insp. George Nwosu, the
accused committed the offences on Oct. 3 at Donmorgan
Hotel, Dopemu, Lagos.
He said the accused assaulted Mr Temitope Segun by
stabbing him with a broken bottle for refusing to buy
him a beer.
“The accused used a broken bottle to stab the
complainant repeatedly all over his body.”
Nwosu said the complainant was in the hotel taking a
drink when the accused approached him and ordered
him to buy him a beer but he declined.
“The accused started hitting him. The complainant hit
him back and the accused got angry, broke a bottle and
started stabbing him.
“Blood was gushing out of the complainant’s body and
people in the hotel ran away while the management of
the hotel quickly alerted the police to arrest him,” he
said.
According to the prosecutor, the complainant is still
receiving treatment at the Lagos State University
Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).
The offences contravened Sections 166 and 171 of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, on conviction, may be sentenced to a
three-year jail term, according to the Section 171 of the
Criminal Law.