Photo: 2 Choir Members Cut Fellow Chorister's Face With Razor Blade Over Choirmaster

Victim: Hannah Ohurabe

Two women – Temitope Abigeal and Temitope Remi – have been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ebute Meta on a three count of conspiracy, assault and grievous harm.

Abigeal (26) and Remi (28), both choristers at a Cherubim and Seraphim church at Progressive Road, Ebute Meta, were said to have assaulted Hannah Okurabe (18) with razor blades at Abule Nla junction, a few metres away from the church.

The March 17, 2013 incident was said to be the result of an earlier fight over the church’s choirmaster, Joseph Unuigbe.
A father of two, Unuigbe is married to Folashade, who is also a member of the same church.

In court, the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges.

They were granted bail in the sum of N200,000 each in like sum but are to produce two responsible sureties who are gainfully employed and with evidence of tax payments to the state government in the last three years.

“The sureties must be relatives of the defendants and their addresses are to be verified. Case is adjourned to the April 17 2013 for mention,” the magistrate said.

The suspects are said to be currently remanded at the Kirikiri Minimum Prison for inability to meet bail conditions.