A 43-year-old woman, Taiwo Akinosho, was docked in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly assaulting her three-year-old grandchild and inflicting multiple injuries on the minor.
The defendant, a cleaner, who resides in Ipaja area of Lagos, is charged with child battery.
She pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The prosecution counsel , ASP Adegoke Ademigbuji, told the court that the offence was committed in April 2026.
Ademigbuji said the victim, who lives with her grandmother, was accused of being a witch.
He alleged that the child was starved for days and subjected to repeated beatings.
According to him, the victim sustained several scars and bruises and is currently hospitalised.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 135 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Chief Magistrate Omolara Kushanu admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.
She adjourned the case until May 27 for mention.