their Idi-Araba, Mushin residence.
The woman has been arraigned before the Ijeshatedo Magistrates' Court,
Lagos southwest Nigeria, for assault.
The incident happened at 5, Shittu Street, NEPA Bus Stop, Idi-Araba,
Mushin where they reside as tenants.
The cause of the conflict was the disagreement of two women, the
accused Mrs. NikeAdekunle and her co-tenant, Mrs. Fatimo Oladimeji on
the use of the cloth hanger in their compound.
Mrs. Nike Adekunle, a mother of two, allegedly grabbed Fatimo's head
and bit her left eye, whereupon the victim was rushed to the Mushin
General Hospital.
Earlier the two women were friends before their relationship turned
sour over petty jealousy.
The victim who is still in hospital said doctors had yet to determine
the extent of damage to her eye.
She says, "I was sitting in front of our house when Nike who had
finished washing herclothes went to the hanger to spread them.
I asked her to shift the clothes so that the water fromthe wet clothes
will not spread to where I was sitting.
She refused and we exchanged words before we started fighting. While
fighting, she bit me in the eyeand I was rushed to the hospital," she
narrated.
The accused, however, blamedthe victim for the fight. She said that
Fatimo went into herroom and brought out a knife which she used in
cutting the rope and threw her clothes in the gutter.
She admitted biting her co-tenant in the eye during fighting. She
disclosed that she was arrested and charged to court by the police
when the matter was reported at theArea 'D' Command, Mushin.
When the charge was read to her, she pleaded not guilty and the
presiding magistrate, Mrs. A.O. Gbajumo granted her bail in the sum of
N100,000 with two sureties inlike sum. The matter was adjourned for
further hearing.
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