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Henceforth, a 38-year-old lawyer, Hamamatu Manu, will answer to a case of “mischief” for killing her neighbour’s hen and breaking 19 of its eggs.

Manu was on Friday charged in a Gudu upper area court, Abuja, for the alleged offence.

The prosecutor, Emmanuel Edet, told the court that Terhemen Kolum of Zone B, Apo resettlement, Abuja, reported the matter at the Apo Police Station on November 4.

Edet said that Manu killed the complainant’s hen, destroyed 19 eggs and destroyed all the bricks that the complainant used in building his chicken’s house sometime in September.

According to him, the damage caused amounted to the sum of N25,000.

He further said that when the complainant challenged the accused, she told him that she acted based on the instructions of the owner of the house.

The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 329 of the penal code.

Manu, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The counsel, Sanni Dawaki, made a bail application in favour of his client, and for bail to be granted based on self-recognition as the accused was also a lawyer.

Dawaki assured the court that the accused would not jump bail.

The judge, Umar Kagarko, granted bail based in self-recognition and adjourned the case till December 17 for hearing.