The magistrate’s court sitting in Yaba,
Lagos, yesterday, witnessed a mild drama
following an outburst by one of the arraigned
suspects.
The incident occurred during the hearing of a
two-count felony charge brought against the
suspect, Tunde Balogun (21), who instead of
pleading to the charges, brought out some
drugs from his pocket as he cried to the
magistrate: “Please Ma, I have been on these
drugs since Saturday. I am not feeling okay. I
have not had anything to eat since morning.
Please Ma, if you can help me, just give me
something so that I can swallow these drugs.”
This prompted the magistrate to halt the
session for some minutes to ascertain the
health condition of the accused from the
Prosecuting Officer who brought him to court. It
was then revealed that it was a strategy to
distract the court session.
After the second charge was read, the accused
remained silent for a while, after which he told
the magistrate: “I heard what you said, but I
don’t know anything about the charges you just
read to me. I am not guilty of the charges. I am
not feeling very fine, please I need to take these
medications I bought from the chemist since
Saturday.”
It was further revealed by some witnesses at
the hearing that a previous case of felony and
assault committed against a young lady in
February 2013, was struck out in court last
Friday, but instead of turning a new leaf, the
accused who is a son of a retired court official,
committed another felony the next day.
According to a witness,“he is unrepentant and
this has caused his father, who is a retired
court registrar, so much pain.”
When asked reasons for misbehaving during
the hearing, the accused told our reporter:
“Truly, I am innocent of the charge against me.
That evening, I went with one of my friends to
purchase some drugs at a chemist, and
suddenly we heard people shouting and
running after some young men.
“In confusion, we joined them, but before I knew
what was happening, they mobbed me. They
broke a bottle on my head in the process. Look
at the wound,” he said, showing off a wounded
back of his head.

What can I say Ftc...

Did they say YABA magistrate court?No further question my lord.

I can't categorically state that I was the third to comment , I might say one thing and my readers might say another
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The boy is funny sha. How will you just ask for food in the middle of a court session?

The boy is familiar with the court's sittings and judges hence the contempt.

LOL! The guy is funny oh!! Did he keep his mother there to cook for him?

What happens in Yaba, should stay in yaba.. Abegii

When i saw YABA,something came into mind,hhhmmm hhhhmmm.

samuelkaykay: When i saw YABA,something came into mind,hhhmmm hhhhmmm.

Are you a product of the 'something' that came to your mind when you saw YABA ?