Ex-Super Eagles Star, Godwin Okpara Arraigned In Court For Domestic Violence

Date: 09-11-2017 9:28 pm (6 years ago) | Author: Mister Jay Wonder
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Policemen in Lagos state have arrested and arraigned a former Super Eagles player for allegedly assaulting his wife.

Former Super Eagles player, Godwin Okpara, was arraigned on Thursday before the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Ikeja for alleged wife battery, Punch has reported.
It was gathered that the 43-year old ex-football star allegedly battered his wife of 25 years, Linda during an altercation. He was arraigned on one count of wife battery contrary to Section 173 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.

The prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police S. Imhonwa, told the magistrate, Mrs. B.O Osunsanmi, that Okpara, on many occasions, battered his wife, causing her bodily injury.
The prosecutor claimed that Okpara, for instance, assaulted Linda sometime in August last year, by flogging her with a stick at their Ikeja GRA residence.

The ex-Super Eagles star, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Following a plea by his lawyer, Malaki Odo, the magistrate granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Odo maintained that his client was innocent, vowing that “We shall prove our case during trial.”

The magistrate adjourned till January next year for further hearing.

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