An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates' Court has sentenced a 22-year-old footballer, Adeoye Martins, to one year in prison for stabbing an opposing player with a broken bottle during a football match.
Martins, who plays for White Horse FC, was convicted on Tuesday by Magistrate Olatomiwa Daramola after being found guilty of assault and conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace.
The defendant was first arraigned on December 15, 2025, on a two-count charge. He pleaded not guilty and was granted bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in the same amount pending the determination of the case.
Delivering judgment, the court sentenced Martins to one year imprisonment on the assault charge and one month imprisonment for breach of peace. However, the court gave him the option of paying a N5,000 fine on the first count and N2,000 on the second count.
During the trial, the prosecutor, Inspector Ayodeji Aina, told the court that the incident occurred on December 8, 2025, at about 4pm at the Ben Folarin Football Pitch in the Omisanjana area of Ado-Ekiti.
He said Martins attacked Saheed Abdulazeez, a player with Jaydyn FC, during an argument and stabbed him on the right cheek with a jagged bottle.
According to the prosecutor, the convict's actions also caused a disturbance capable of breaching public peace and violated Sections 181(d) and 186 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.
Aina presented two witnesses during the trial and tendered the defendant's statement as evidence before the court convicted him. The report was provided by the News Agency of Nigeria.
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