Two lovers, Emem Asuquo and Olugbenga Yakubu, have
been remanded in prison by a Tinubu Magistrate’s
Court sitting on Lagos Island for alleged public
disturbance.They were arraigned on Wednesday on four
counts of assault and conduct likely to cause breach of
the peace before Magistrate A.A. Adefulire.the lady
lawyer learnt that an altercation broke out after 31-
year-oldAsuquo insisted that Yakubu, 51, use a condom
before having s*x with her, but he reportedly declined
the request.learnt that Yakubu, while driving along the
Lekki-Epe Expressway atabout 7pm on July 6, had
offered Asuquo, who was going towards Lakowe in
Ibeju-Lekki, a ride. They were said to have exchanged
phone numbers and promised to meet each other later
in the night.Yakubu, a civil servant, was said to have
picked up the hairdresser at her home in Ajah around
2am the next day and took her to his house on
Adeyinka Oyekan Street, Abraham Adesanya Estate, Ajah.
“On getting to his house, he entertained me after which
we went inside his room. He said he wanted me to
have sex with him. I told him I would collect N30,000
and he agreed. I asked him to use a condom but he
said he did not have one. So, I told him to take me
back home in his car,” Asuquo said.She explained that
the man dropped her off at VGC Roundabout, saying he
did not have enough fuel in his car. She said she
called a taxi driver to pick her up from the area.It
was learnt that a scuffle ensued when she requested
Yakubu to wait for her until the taxi driver arrived
for fear of being robbed.“When he refused, I removed
his car key. He was beating me when the taxi driver
and two others arrived and they intervened. He injured
me in the eye. I also used a stone to smash the
windscreen of his car,” she added.Our correspondent
learnt that Yakubu later reported the incident at the
Ajah Police Division, and Asuquo was arrested.Yakubu,
in his statement to the police, said Asuquo had called
the driver and other occupants of the taxi to beat him
up, adding that hesustained injuries.He said, “She
followed me to my house, but refused to make love
with me after buying her drinks. At a point, she
started screaming that I should take her back to her
house. When we got to the roundabout, she removed my
car key and held my shirt. Two men and a lady she
called came in a Golf car and started beating me.“I held
Asuquo by the hair and began punching her while the
two men did same to me. In the end, they injured me
and broke the windscreen of my car. ”A police
prosecutor, Inspector Philip Osijale, subsequently
arraigned the duo before the Tinubu Magistrate’s Court
on four counts of assault and breach of the public
peace.Osijale told the court that the charges contravened
sections 54, 171, 349 and 409 of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State, 2011. The charges read in part, “That you,
Emem Asuquo, and others now at large on July 7, 2016,
at about 3.30am at VGC Roundabout, Ajah, in the Lagos
Magisterial District, did willfully damage the windscreen
of one unregistered Carina E with a stone. “That you,
Olugbenga Yakubu, on the same date, time and place, in
the aforementioned magisterial district, did unlawfully
assault one Emem Asuquo by hitting her with a fist
blow in her left eye, which did her harm, thereby
committing an offence punishable under Section 171 of
the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.”The defendants
pleaded not guilty to the counts. The magistrate,
Adefulire, admitted Asuquo to bail in the sum of
N500,000 with one surety, while Yakubu was admitted to
bail in the sum of N200,000 with a surety in like
sum.Adefulire held that they should be kept in prison
until they perfect their bail condition
been remanded in prison by a Tinubu Magistrate’s
Court sitting on Lagos Island for alleged public
disturbance.They were arraigned on Wednesday on four
counts of assault and conduct likely to cause breach of
the peace before Magistrate A.A. Adefulire.the lady
lawyer learnt that an altercation broke out after 31-
year-oldAsuquo insisted that Yakubu, 51, use a condom
before having s*x with her, but he reportedly declined
the request.learnt that Yakubu, while driving along the
Lekki-Epe Expressway atabout 7pm on July 6, had
offered Asuquo, who was going towards Lakowe in
Ibeju-Lekki, a ride. They were said to have exchanged
phone numbers and promised to meet each other later
in the night.Yakubu, a civil servant, was said to have
picked up the hairdresser at her home in Ajah around
2am the next day and took her to his house on
Adeyinka Oyekan Street, Abraham Adesanya Estate, Ajah.
“On getting to his house, he entertained me after which
we went inside his room. He said he wanted me to
have sex with him. I told him I would collect N30,000
and he agreed. I asked him to use a condom but he
said he did not have one. So, I told him to take me
back home in his car,” Asuquo said.She explained that
the man dropped her off at VGC Roundabout, saying he
did not have enough fuel in his car. She said she
called a taxi driver to pick her up from the area.It
was learnt that a scuffle ensued when she requested
Yakubu to wait for her until the taxi driver arrived
for fear of being robbed.“When he refused, I removed
his car key. He was beating me when the taxi driver
and two others arrived and they intervened. He injured
me in the eye. I also used a stone to smash the
windscreen of his car,” she added.Our correspondent
learnt that Yakubu later reported the incident at the
Ajah Police Division, and Asuquo was arrested.Yakubu,
in his statement to the police, said Asuquo had called
the driver and other occupants of the taxi to beat him
up, adding that hesustained injuries.He said, “She
followed me to my house, but refused to make love
with me after buying her drinks. At a point, she
started screaming that I should take her back to her
house. When we got to the roundabout, she removed my
car key and held my shirt. Two men and a lady she
called came in a Golf car and started beating me.“I held
Asuquo by the hair and began punching her while the
two men did same to me. In the end, they injured me
and broke the windscreen of my car. ”A police
prosecutor, Inspector Philip Osijale, subsequently
arraigned the duo before the Tinubu Magistrate’s Court
on four counts of assault and breach of the public
peace.Osijale told the court that the charges contravened
sections 54, 171, 349 and 409 of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State, 2011. The charges read in part, “That you,
Emem Asuquo, and others now at large on July 7, 2016,
at about 3.30am at VGC Roundabout, Ajah, in the Lagos
Magisterial District, did willfully damage the windscreen
of one unregistered Carina E with a stone. “That you,
Olugbenga Yakubu, on the same date, time and place, in
the aforementioned magisterial district, did unlawfully
assault one Emem Asuquo by hitting her with a fist
blow in her left eye, which did her harm, thereby
committing an offence punishable under Section 171 of
the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.”The defendants
pleaded not guilty to the counts. The magistrate,
Adefulire, admitted Asuquo to bail in the sum of
N500,000 with one surety, while Yakubu was admitted to
bail in the sum of N200,000 with a surety in like
sum.Adefulire held that they should be kept in prison
until they perfect their bail condition



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