SECURITY ALERT WITH JIDE

Suspected robber docked for snatching vehicle



31/08/2010 17:44:14





NAN-H-51
Robbery
Ikeja, Aug. 31, 2010 (NAN) The police on Tuesday arraigned a 23-year-old man, John Ikechukwu, for allegedly snatching a Toyota Corolla car valued at N3 million at gunpoint.



Ikechukwu is standing trial before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on a two-count charge of conspiracy and armed robbery.



The prosecutor, W.G. Wagbara, said that the accused and others still at large armed with a locally-made pistol and other dangerous weapons, attacked the car owner, Mr Tope Aina, on June 4, at Alausa, Lagos.



Wagbara said that the offence contravened Section 1(2) (a) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.



The court, however, did not take the plea of the accused.



The magistrate, Mrs O. A. Adegite, ordered that the defendant be remanded in prison custody pending legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).



She adjourned the case till Oct. 18