A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a 32-year-old carpenter named Onyekachi Agu to seven years imprisonment for pouring acid on his ex-girlfriend and her rival.

The court found Agu guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to Aishat Adefarati and Mansur Ahmed in 2020.

The incident occurred on July 3, 2020, at Gangare Hotel, Mile 12 in Lagos, where Agu traced the victims and attacked them with acid. The state prosecutor, Uju Uwangaze, informed the court that the offence contravened Section 245 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

Agu had pleaded not guilty to the charge, but the court found him guilty based on his confessional statement and sentenced him accordingly. Justice Oyindamola Ogala presided over the case and handed down the jail term.

“The defendant is hereby sentenced to imprisonment of seven years with hard labour and the sentence is to run concurrently,” the judge ruled.