A man, Umor Iniabasi, is now short of one ear, after a 26-year-old lady, Nsikak Etim, bit off one of the two God gave him and swallowed it.
The incident reportedly happened at Ijaiye Street, Papa Ashafa area of Dopemu in Agege, Lagos, during a disagreement between the two.
According to PM Express, Etim has now been arrested and charged for causing the victim permanent injury.
According to police sources, Etim had a disagreement with Iniabasi, which resulted in an exchange of blows.
In the process, Etim allegedly bit off one of the ears of her opponent and mistakenly swallowed it.
The fight ended abruptly as the victim bled profusely and was rushed to a nearby hospital for urgent treatment while the matter was reported to the Police at Agege Division. The lady was arrested and detained at the station for interrogation.
When the police asked her to produce the piece she bit off, she could not. Yet it was not on the ground, as every part of the area was searched to no avail.
This made it impossible for the ear to the reattached.
The Police have charged Etim before the Ogba Magistrate Court for the alleged offence, which attracts several years of imprisonment.
She pleaded not guilty when she was arraigned.
The prosecutor, Adejumola Olasunkanmi, asked the Court to give a date for hearing since she pleaded not guilty to enable the Police to prove that she actually committed the alleged offence.
The Presiding Magistrate, Miss O.O. Adeosun, granted her bail in the sum of N100,000 with surety in like sum, who must show evidence of means of livelihood and addresses verified by the Court.
The matter was adjourned till 31st August 2023, for mention while the defendant was remanded in custody at the Correctional Centre at Kirikiri town, Lagos, pending when she will perfect her bail conditions.
