A 27-year-old Suya Seller, Halilu Abdullahi pleaded guilty before an Ebutte Metta Magistrate Court for attempting to slit the throat of a 4-year-old girl.

The accused it was gathered lured the victim with biscuit to a serene area before attempting to carry out the act.

Abdulahi pleaded guilty to the  two charges of attempted murder and unlawful assault.

According to the Prosecutor, Sgt. Hafsat Ajibode, the accused committed the offences on August 18 at 5.35 p.m. at No. 1, Denton Street Ebute Meta.

She said the accused lured the four-year-old girl, with biscuit while she was playing with her peers and had attempted to slit her throat with a knife.

“The accused had fled with the child to Whitesands area in Oyingbo market where he attempted to cut her throat with a knife.

“A passerby, Muritala Mahmud, who heard the screaming of the minor, rushed to save her, and in the process got his left hand bitten by the accused while trying to escape,” she said.

The presiding Magistrate, A.O Ajibade has fixed September 11 for facts and sentence.

The offences contravenes Sections 173 and 230 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (revised).

Source: http://www.infohubonline.com.ng/2017/09/suya-seller-pleads-guilty-to-slitting-4.html?m=1

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