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A 35 Year Old Lawyer Beats Up Lady In Her Home


In a recent event,Akaniyene Cletus, a 35 year old legal practitioner has been arraigned in court.
The lawyer was dragged to the Chief Magistrate Court in Uyo for allegedly assaulting a female journalist Blessing Ambrose.
According to Leadership, the case, which is between the Commissioner of Police v Cletus came up for hearing before Chief Magistrate Usukuma Akpabio.
The victim told the court that the accused gave her a serious beating and inflicted several injuries on her on May 29, 2016.
The victim said that Cletus, who was her co-tenant at No. 6 Umana Uko Lane, off Atiku Abubakar Road in Uyo demanded for a drink when she brought a sewing machine to the compound.
The victim claimed that the accused beat her up because she refused to get him a drink.

My Lord “I reported the matter to my landlord who intervened and said that he does not want any trouble in the compound.
“Few days later Cletus’ house help came to tell me that my friend that visited does not know how to use the sewing machine.
“Cletus who was inside his house shouted that I should take the machine out of the veranda immediately.
“He later came out and used his legs and push the sewing machine.
“When I demanded to know why he should hit my sewing machine, he slapped me, pushing me down and beat me up.
“I sustained injuries on my knee, eyes, arms and face. When my brother tried to stop him, he beat him up too. People from the compound later came and took me away,” She said.
She further revealed that she told the landlord of what transpired, and that he cautioned Cletus to learn to live peacefully with other tenants or move out.
The complainant further said that on August. 7, 2016, Cletus intimidated her with a machete, a situation which made her to immediately report the matter to the ‘C’ Division of the Police at Aka Etinan, in Uyo.
The Chief Magistrate however adjourned the case to January, 9, 2017 for further hearing.i
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