Man to do community service after carrying out acid attack

An Abule-Egba Magistrate Court in Lagos
sentenced a 26-year-old man to 120 hours
of community service after pleading
guilty to pouring acid on three people.
The Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, said
the defendant, John Adetokunbo, would
have been sentenced to minimum of 18
months imprisonment without an option of
fine.”

According to him, however, the fact that
the defendant made a welfare
arrangement for the complainants, is a
mitigating factor in the sentence.
”Therefore, the defendant is sentenced
to 120 hours of community service to
serve as deterrent to others,” he ruled.
The convict was arraigned on Jan. 9,
pleaded not guilty and get a bail was
N100,000 and put surety in like sum.
The defendant later changed his plea and
said he was guilty of the offence.
The prosecutor told the court that the
offence was committed on Nov. 11,2012 at
Ajasa Command, Ipaja, Lagos.
”The complainants and defendant engaged
in a street fight and the defendant
poured a liquid substance suspected to
be acid on the complainants,” he said.