Ifeoma Okafor, a housewife, was in front of a Senior Magistrate’s Court in Gwagwalada, Federal Capital Territory, on Friday for reportedly threatening to use a knife to kill her husband.
According to NAN, the defendant, who lives in Gwagwalada, Abuja, behind the ECWA Goodnews church, is accused of criminal intimidation and mischief.
The complainant, Mr. Paul Okafor, who shares the defendant’s address, reported the event to the police on June 6, according to the prosecutor, Abdulahi Tanko, who testified in court.
Tanko alleged that on June 1, the defendant knocked on the complainant’s door, and when he opened it, he saw her holding a knife.
He said the defendant threatened to kill him and also threatened to stab herself due to a misunderstanding between them.
The prosecutor further alleged that the defendant broke one of his window louvers, the value of which was yet to be determined.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 396 and 326 of the Penal Code.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Senior Magistrate, Munir Sani admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties.
Sani ordered that the first surety must be a biological relative of the defendant and must reside within the jurisdiction of the court.
He ruled that while the first surety must also present his/her National Identity Card or driver’s licence, the second surety should present his/her statement of account.
According to him, the statement of account should contain the bail sum as part of the bail conditions.
Sani adjourned the case until July 16 for hearing.
