Woman arraigned for masterminding attack on hotelier

<p>A 30-year-old woman, Joy Okonkwo, was on Monday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court sitting at Ogba for allegedly instigating area boys to attack and beat up a hotel owner.</p>, <p>Okonkwo is facing one count of breach of peace preferred against her by the police.</p>, <p>The police prosecutor, Inspector Kokoye Olusegun, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on July 26, 2023.</p>, <p>He said the incident happened around 6pm at Ajala Bus Stop, Ijaiye in the Ojokoro area of Lagos State.</p>, <p>He said the owner of the hotel, Andrew Arikhan, gave the defendant a space in front of his hotel to do her business but over time she turned “a bad girl” and resorted to verbal attacks on the complaint.</p>, <p>He added that the defendant engaged some area boys to deal with the defendant because he sent her way from the space he gave her.</p>, <p>Olusegun said the defendant was charged to court when all efforts to resolve the matter proved abortive.</p>, <p>According to him, the offence committed contravened Section 168 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.</p>, <p>However, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.</p>, <p>The Magistrate, Mrs S. I. Obasa, granted her bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum.</p>, <p>The case was adjourned till August 25, 2023, for mention.</p>