A magistrate court sitting in the Ogba area of Lagos has asked an online influencer, Suraj Oyewale popularly known as SirJarus to attend counselling sessions at the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA).
The agency is to furnish the court with a report of the sessions on the next adjourned date of September 30th, 2024.
Magistrate Lateef Owolabi gave this as one of the conditions for striking out the two-count domestic violence charge made by the police against the defendant, SirJarus.
The other condition was for the online influencer to stay off the X platform for one month.
At the proceedings in court on Thursday, the two-count charge was read to the defendant and he promptly pleaded not guilty.
His wife, Mrs Ayoola Oyewale, subsequently moved to withdraw the case against her husband.
She said, “My husband has not laid hands on me before. I want to withdraw the case. My husband has not beaten me and he still sent me to Hajj last year. I want peace with him. Even though we have issues, we settle like every reasonable couple and so I want to withdraw the case.”
The police prosecutor, Supol Ikhayere, had no objection to the request to withdraw the case.
Court Sentences Online Influencer SirJarus To Counselling On Domestic Violence
