Man,37 in Court for Biting Lover's Lip, Attempted Suicide

A carpenter, Okechukwu Onyemachi, 37, who attempted to take his life,
while at the Police cell, was arraigned before an Ebute-Metta Chief's
Magistrate's Court.

The defendant was said to have attempted to commit suicide by using
his pair of trousers to hang himself in order to escape from being
prosecuted for chopping off his ex-lover's lip.

The carpenter was arrested for beating and chopping off the upper lip
of his former lover, one Nneka Obi, after meeting another man in her
apartment.

Oyemachi is facing a two-count charge of assault and attempted suicide
preferred against him by the police.

The prosecutor, Sergeant Quasim Adams, told the court that the
defendant had on August 7, 2014 at about 8.30am, at 80, Kadara Street,
Oyingbo beat up and hit the victim with a hard object on the head
before biting off her upper lip.

He also told the court that the defendant in a move not to be
prosecuted, removed his trousers and attempted to hang himself at the
water pipe that runs through the police's cell.

According to Adams,the offences are contrary to Sections 244 and 233
of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.

The defendant's counsel, Saka Kayode, urged the court to strike out
the case, as Oyemachi and the victim have agreed to settle the matter
out of court.