Woman, 60, In Police Net For Slicing Boy, 13, With Razor Blade

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

A 60-year old woman, Raliat Oyedun, has reportedly displayed her cruelty in Lagos on a 13-year old boy, Ibrahim Ogunyomi, by slicing his body with a razor blade giving him serious body injury.

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Ebolo Street, Iba town, Lagos, where they reside.

The Police did not state if the victim was a houseboy or not and what the little boy did to her, which caused such dastardly act.
However, the Police Officer, who investigated the matter, alleged that the suspect, Raliat, assaulted the boy by cutting him with a razor blade, which caused serious harm on his body.
The boy was said to have bled profusely and was rushed to the hospital while the matter was reported to the Police in the area. Raliat was arrested and transferred to the Gender Section of the Command for interrogation over the act.

During the investigation, she admitted to have done so due to anger and the Police found her culpable. She was then charged her before the Ogba Magistrates Court for the alleged offence.

She pleaded not guilty. 
The prosecutor, Mr. Lucky Ihehie, asked the Court to give a date for hearing to enable the Police to prove she actually committed the alleged offence.

The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. O.A. Layinka, granted her bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.

However, she was remanded in Correctional Centre pending when she will perfect her bail conditions while the matter was adjourned till 29th September, 2021, for mention.