Man beats girlfriend to coma

 An Abeokuta Chief Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday remanded a 33-year-old man, Olasunkanmi Ikuomola, in prison custody for beating his girlfriend to a state of coma. Ikuomola, who lives at 28 Ori-Iyarin Agbeloba, Abeokuta, was arraigned on a two-count charge of attempted rape and assault but no plea was taken. The police prosecutor, Inspector Banji Sangotokun, told the court that the offence was committed on August 5, 2013 at about 6.18 pm in Ikuomola’s residence.
He said that the accused attempted to rape the woman and in the process, beat her to coma. Sangotokun said, “The accused and the lady had been chatting on blackberry for a while and had been intimate. Ikuomola invited her to his house and when she got there, he locked the door and started beating her mercilessly, forcefully removing her panties. “It was the neighbours who heard her screams that came to her rescue and broke the door of the apartment,” he said.
According to the prosecutor, neighbours met the lady badly beaten, lying nude and unconscious on the floor. The Chief Magistrate, Mr. Anthony Araba, ordered that the accused be remanded in prison and adjourned the case to September 25, 2013, for further hearing.