A mother of three, Tina Promise has been accused of slashing her rival’s face and bre*st with a razor blade. The police said Tina, who's nursing a three-month-old baby, suspected that her 'husband' was also dating a cleaner at Eko Hotel, Esther Onogwu.
It alleged that on Monday at about 9:20pm on a street on Victoria Island, Lagos, Tina, 28, accosted Esther, 22, on the suspicion that her man was in her home and attacked her with the blade.
Tina was arraigned on Wednesday before Magistrate A.F. Botoku of an Igbosere Magistrate Court, Lagos on a one-count charge of unlawful assault.
Prosecutor, Sgt. Francesca Job, said: “On the day of the incident, the victim was on her way home after close of work when the defendant approached her and demanded for the key to her room.
"Esther asked who the defendant was and why she needed the key to her house, but the defendant suddenly brought out a razor blade and started cutting her on her head and left bre*st.
"She tried to leave but passersby apprehended her and asked her to take the victim to the hospital for treatment, but she refused, saying she didn’t have money to pay for the treatment."
It was the passersby, Sgt. Job said, that took Esther to the Bar Beach Police Station from where she was taken to a hospital.
Magistrate Botoku granted Tina a N200,000 bail with one surety in the like sum. She adjourned the case till March 1.
Why not talk with your man, rather than fight on the street to the extent of landing in court?
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