A district court in Ogun state has sentenced a 23-year-old man named Mohammed Abubakar to three months in prison for biting off the little finger of another man.
The state police command had accused Abubakar in court of assault.
He had pleaded not guilty.
Magistrate A O. Adeyemi convicted Abubakar of giving a sentence without the possibility of a fine.
Adeyemi believed that the prosecutor’s lawyer had proved beyond a reasonable doubt that he was guilty of the charges against him.
Previously, the prosecutor, Insp E.O. Adaraloye told the court that the convict committed the offense around 10:30 p.m. on February 7 in Oja Ijoko, Ota. He said the convict bit off applicant Adamu Abdullahi’s right little finger.
He said the offense violated the provisions of Section 355 of the 2006 Ogun Criminal Code.
