Footballer jailed for stabbing opponent with broken bottle
by The Eagle Online · The Eagle OnlineAn Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court in Ekiti State on Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old footballer, Adeoye Martins, to one year imprisonment for stabbing an opponent with a broken bottle.
He appeared before Magistrate Olatomiwa Daramola on December 15, 2025 on a two-count charge of assault and breach of peace.
On the first arraignment, the defendant pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum.
Delivering judgment, Magistrate Daramola found Martins guilty on two counts of assault and breach of peace.
The court sentenced him to one year imprisonment on count one, and one month imprisonment on count two.
The court, however, gave the convict an option of N5,000 fine on count one, and N2,000 fine on count two.
The prosecutor, Inspector Ayodeji Aina, had told the court that the convict committed the offences on December 8, 2025 at about 4pm at Ben Folarin football pitch, Omisanjana, Ado-Ekiti.
Aina said that the convict, who plays for White Horse FC, Ado-Ekiti, stabbed his opponent, Saheed Abdulazeez, of Jaydyn FC, Ado-Ekiti, with a broken bottle on the right cheek during an argument.
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He said that the defendant also conducted himself in a manner likely to cause the breach of peace.
According to him, the offences contravene Sections 186 and 181(d) of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.
The prosecutor called two witnesses and tendered the convict’s statement.
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