Godwin Okpara
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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