Arraigned with Adetunji , 78, was his son- in - law , Abayomi Balogun, 60, who allegedly conspired with him to commit the crime .
Both are being tried for conspiracy and assault causing grievous harm .
Th two accused , according to the Prosecutor , Police Insp . Uche Simeon , committed the offences on Aug. 29 , 2015 at 6. 00 p.m . at 32 Road , A Close , Festac Town , Lagos .
He said the accused conspired and sprayed acid on the face of Mr Adesoji Adetunji , son to the first accused (the septuagenarian ) and brother - in- law to the second accused , following a family dispute .
“ Your Worship, I do not know the kind of dispute that will make a father to disfigure his son in this manner , the son has gone totally blind ,” he said.
The offences contravened Sections 172 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State , 2015 .
Section 172 stipulates three years imprisonment , while Section 411 prescribes two years for offenders .
The accused , however , pleaded not guilty.
The accused , a retired mechanical engineer , told the court that he sprayed his son with acid out of self - defence .
“ My son, Adesoji, is the proverbial black sheep of the family, and on several occasions, he had attempted to kill me to take possession of his inheritance, ” Adetunji said .
The accused , who showed the court the scars of several stabbings by his son, said he had suffered in the hands of his son.
He told the court , “ I have trained all my children to the best of my ability, I sent them all to higher institutions, his brother is a lawyer and before the incident, he refused to work as he indulges in drinking alcohol.
“ On the day in question, I was in my daughter ’ s house trying to help her and my son- in- law to repair their car.
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“ My son came to me and his sister’ s husband with a broken bottle demanding money and in self -defence , I sprayed battery acid on him . ”
The Magistrate , Mr A. A. Adesanya , reprimanded the accused for taking laws into his hands , adding that he should have involved the police in resolving the matter .
“ Seeing that three of the complainant’ s siblings are here to testify to his unruly behaviours toward their father is an indication that things were really not going right between father and son .
“ The police should have been involved before it degenerated to this ,” he said.
Adesanya granted the two accused N 100, 000 bail each with two sureties each in like sum and adjourned the case until March 14 .
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