A 35-year old man, Arinze Kingsley, has left a married woman, Mrs
Amaka Ohanwe, partially blind when she allegedly refused his sexual
advances,
PM News.
Amaka was seriously injured in her right eye when she was allegedly beaten up by Kingsley at a beauty salon. She
said after undergoing several operations, the doctors at Apapa General
Hospital confirmed that she cannot see with the eye again.
Following the assault, the police at Area ‘B’ Apapa arrested Kingsley
and charged him with assault before Apapa Magistrate’s Court after
which he was remanded in Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos State, southwest
Nigeria.
Both Amaka and Kingsley, who is still single, admitted that they were friends but Amaka said they were just friends not lovers.
She
said she stopped relating with Kingsley when she discovered that he was
desperate to have sex with her despite the fact that he knew that she
was married and had two kids.
She said after several attempts by
him to sleep with her failed, he became aggressive and when she noticed
that, she started avoiding him.
Amaka said Kingsley eventually
traced her to a salon at Pen Crescent, Apapa, Lagos where she went to
have her hair done and attacked her in front of the beauty shop.
“He
waited for me outside the salon. When he saw me, he started abusing me
after I refused his advances. I replied him and he hit my eye and threw
me on the floor. He started hitting his head on my eyes until I started
bleeding,” she told the court.
Amaka said it was their neighbours
who came to her rescue and took her to the hospital, while Kingsley
immediately started his motorcycle and rode off after attacking her.
She
alleged that after the attack, Kingsley boasted that nothing would
happen to him because he has money to bail himself out of any difficult
situation.
Amaka reported the case to the police but alleged that
she was asked to collect N30,000 for her eye operation in order to
settle the matter out of court.
Amaka said she had spent over N200,000 on the surgeries but they were not successful.
She
called on the state government to come to her aid and ensure justice
was done in the matter. Meanwhile, when Kingsley was contacted, he
admitted attacking Amaka but said he wanted to settle the matter out of
court but she refused.
When he was arraigned, he pleaded not guilty.
The presiding magistrate, Mrs O.A Adegbite, granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum.
He was, however, remanded in prison custody pending when he will fulfill his bail conditions
The matter was adjourned till 24 March.
