Hair stylist arraigned for ‘beating up’ supervisor

A hair stylist, Tokunboh Olanrewaju, allegedly assaulted his supervisor after he was sacked at a beauty spa in Victoria Island, Lagos, last Saturday, an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court heard on Tuesday.

Olanrewaju, 30, of No. 14, Abagon Close, off Ologun Agbaje Street, VI, was arraigned by the police before Mrs. F. M. Dalley.

He is standing trial on a two –count charge of breach of peace and unlawful assault of one Kenneth Okpaise.

Prosecuting police officer, Corporal Friday Mameh, said Olanrewaju committed the alleged offences last Saturday at about 4:00pm.


The defendant, he said, disobeyed an instruction of his supervisor, Okpaise, while fixing a customer’s hair at a saloon within the beauty spa and was sacked by the company’s Managing Director.

Mameh added that Olanrewaju later “conducted himself in a manner likely to cause a breach of public peace by forcing himself back into the saloon and attacked Okpaise.”

He said the accused person hit Okpaise on the face and “used his finger to inflict serious lateral cuts all over the complainant’s body.”

According to Mameh, the offences are punishable under Sections 166(d) and 171 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2011.

During a preliminary enquiry by Magistrate Dalley, Okpaise said Olanrewaju evaded a mobile policewoman leading him out of the premises and ran back into the saloon.

“He attacked me from behind, tore my clothes, hit me on the face and cut me all over the body with his fingernails,” Okpaise added.

Olanrewaju denied the charges.

Magistrate Dalley granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties.

One of the sureties must be his relative, while both must provide evidence of three years’ tax payment.

She adjourned the case till August 2.