A 22-year-old housewife Tuesday appeared before an Abuja magistrate court for allegedly biting off the finger of her neighbour (Joseph Odeh).
The woman, Sikirat Aminatu of Sauka Kahuta village, Abuja, was also accused of using firewood to inflict injuries on the man’s face on March 8.

Police prosecutor, Paul Anigbo, told the court that on March 8, the complainant, one Joseph Odeh reported the accused to her husband and informed him to stop his wife from insulting him and his family.

The prosecutor said after the accused person’s husband had warned her, she picked up firewood and inflicted injury on the complainant’s face.

“The accused also bite the complainant’s smallest finger until it was completely cut off, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 247 of the Penal Code Law,” the prosecutor added.

When the charge was read to the accused, she pleaded not guilty and requested for bail, which was not objected to by the prosecutor.

In her ruling, Magistrate Hadiza Shagari granted the accused bail in the sum of N50,000 with a reliable surety in like sum, who must swear to an affidavit to produce the accused in court on the adjourned date.

The case was adjourned to April 1 for hearing.

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What a woman!

vampire on the prowl.