Marcus Olasege, 52, was charged on Monday with assassinating Mohammed Alli and trying to kill him in Lagos State.
The defendant was charged with two counts of assault and a breach of the peace before Magistrate O.Y. Adefope of a Yaba Magistrates’ Court.
Haruna Magaji, the police prosecutor, alleged in court that Alli and the defendant had an earlier disagreement on an unspecified matter.
Due to this, Olasege went to Alli’s building site and, when he could not locate Alli, began stoning his workers.
When Alli arrived at the scene, the defendant was stated to have stabbed him with a knife on the left side of his face and stomach.
He was charged to court.
To the allegations brought against him, the defendant entered a plea of not guilty.
The magistrate postponed the case to September 22, 2023, for mention, and gave the defendant bail in the amount of N200,000 with two sureties in the same amount.
In order to wait for the defendant to complete his bail conditions, he was placed in the Nigeria Correctional Service’s custody.
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