A 38-year-old man, Samuel Umeojili, is facing charges in an Ado-Ekiti magistrates’ court for allegedly assaulting his wife, resulting in her being beaten into a coma.

The prosecutor, Inspector Olasunkanmi Bamikole, told the court that the defendant on February 15, at about 09am at No 2, Idolofin Street, Ado-Ekiti, assaulted his wife, Okechukwu Umeojili, by beating her to a state of coma contrary to Sections 185 and 181 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.

The Magistrate, Mr Saka Afunso, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N25,000 with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case to February 29.