A jilted lover who was alleged to have bathed his ex-girlfriend with acid to avenge rejection in Lagos State, was on Friday arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court.
30-year-old Paul Nwokobia, a factory workers who lives in Ejigbo allegedly poured acid on Rosemary Nnaife(pictured before and after the acid attack) his girlfriend of five years for dumping him.
His friend, 20-year-old Charles Orji was arraigned with him on a charge of conspiracy.
The suspects, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The prosecutor, Sergeant Maria Dauda, told the court that the accused and others at large, on June 3 at about 8.30 p.m. at Lawanson Bus stop, Itire, poured a substance suspected to be acid on the face of 23-year-old Rosemary Nnaife in an attempt to take revenge on her.
Dauda said that the offences contravened sections 228, 243 and 409 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2011.
The Magistrate, Mrs B. Folarin-Williams, granted Nwokobia bail in the sum of N100,000 with two responsible sureties in like sum, and adjourned the case to September 23 for trial.
