Woman arraigned for hiring soldiers to beat up co-tenant

The police in Lagos on Tuesday arraigned Sukurat Aminu before the Somolu Magistrate’s Court over her alleged hiring of unidentified military men to assault her co-tenants.
Police prosecutor, ASP Adegoke Akinlebi, told the court that Aminu on Aug. 6 at about 10a.m employed the services of five unknown military men to harass and assault Olusola Nosiru and Owolabi Mariam, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Aminu,who resides at No. 23 Rasidi Akotun Street, Bariga, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of threat to life and assault.
According to Akinlebi, the accused allegedly took the action following a disagreement between her and Nosiru over a heap of sand in front of their residence.