Man charged with allegedly stabbing couple.
A 43-year-old man, Goddy Ogbonna, was on Tuesday dragged before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stabbing a couple.
Ogbonna, who is facing a two-count charge of assault and causing grievous harm before Chief Magistrate Abiola Soladoye, however, pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Sgt., Sunday Olaide, told the court that Ogbonna during an argument used a kitchen knife to stab Mr and Mrs Ambrose Asonye, his co-tenants.
He said the offence committed on May 23 at No. 17, Olufemi St., Surulere contravened Sections 335 and 355 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
Soladoye granted the accused bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.
The case was adjourned till June 17 for further hearing.
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2 guards docked for stealing.
Two security guards in Lagos were on Tuesday docked at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court Lagos for allegedly stealing a generator set, valued at N500,000.
The accused, Useni Bulami, 20, Ibrahim Babangida, 35, are standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Innocent Odugbo, told the court that the accused committed the alleged offence on March 14, 2010, at No. 10 Niyi Okunubi St., Lekki, Lagos.
Odugbo alleged that the duo conspired and stole the generator, property of one Akinola Ojo, their employer, and sold it.
He said the alleged offence contravened Sections 390(9) and 516 of the Criminal Code Laws of Lagos State.
They pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Magistrate, O. A. Ogunbowale, granted them bail in the sum of N200,000 each, with two sureties each in like sum, and adjourned till June 7 for mention.
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Police Arrest Fraudster
A man, Mukiala Andrew, 32, has been docked at Abule-Egba Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, for attempting to defraud one Rotimi Bode of N80,000.
The prosecutor, Inspector Lugard Ahonle, disclosed in the charge sheet that the offence he committed are punishable under Sections 419 and 390 of the Criminal Code Cap 32, Vol 2 Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2003.
The charge read: “That you, Mukaila Andrew, on 22 January, 2011 at about 12.35 p.m. at pipeline area, Oke Odo, Lagos, in the Ikeja Magisterial District, with intent to defraud by obtaining N80,000 from Rotimi Bode with pretence to supply PVC ceiling and on the same day, time and place, did steal N80,000 from Rotimi Bode.”
He pleaded not guilt to the charges and the presiding magistrate, Mr. Owolabi Komolafe, granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 with sureties who must be fully employed, while the case was adjourned till 20 June, 20ll.
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Court Sentences Bus Driver To Death
Justice Habeeb Abiru of an Ikeja High Court in Lagos, yesterday sentenced a bus driver, Tunde Akinola, to death for killing his wife, Mrs. Funmilayo Awosika.
The prosecutor, A.A. Sanusi, said Akinola murdered his wife on 4 February, 2006, by stabbing her with a broken beer bottle after an argument at Oshodi Motor Park, Lagos.
Delivering judgment, Abiru said the accused was guilty of murder “because the prosecution proved his case beyond reasonable doubt.”
He said for a murder charge to hold, the prosecution must prove that the deceased died from the action of the accused person.
He said such action must be with the intention of causing bodily harm to the victim.
Abiru said the accused, in his statement of confession to the police which he later retracted during trial, admitted to stabbing the deceased with a broken bottle.
The judge said the accused also told the police that it took him almost a year to recover from the strange ailment and that the wife abandoned him during this period.
He said Akinola’s statement admitted by the court implicated him on the murder.
He added that the accused’s attempt to cook up story a that the wife fell into a gutter was not consistent with the facts.
He said from the photographs tendered before the court, it was clear that the deceased was stabbed on the neck and other parts of her body with broken bottle.
Abiru said the action of the accused was not in self-defence but intentional because the victim was reportedly stabbed in various places.
“I find the accused guilty of murder which is contrary to Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code Law Cap C. Vol. 2, Laws of Lagos State 2003 and punishable by death.
“I hereby sentence Akinola to death for the murder of Funmilayo Awosika,” the judge said.
The convict’s counsel, O. Rotimi, appealed to the judge to temper justice with mercy because of the children.
The judge, however, maintained that the law stated clearly that the punishment for murder is death.
A 43-year-old man, Goddy Ogbonna, was on Tuesday dragged before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stabbing a couple.
Ogbonna, who is facing a two-count charge of assault and causing grievous harm before Chief Magistrate Abiola Soladoye, however, pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Sgt., Sunday Olaide, told the court that Ogbonna during an argument used a kitchen knife to stab Mr and Mrs Ambrose Asonye, his co-tenants.
He said the offence committed on May 23 at No. 17, Olufemi St., Surulere contravened Sections 335 and 355 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
Soladoye granted the accused bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.
The case was adjourned till June 17 for further hearing.
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2 guards docked for stealing.
Two security guards in Lagos were on Tuesday docked at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court Lagos for allegedly stealing a generator set, valued at N500,000.
The accused, Useni Bulami, 20, Ibrahim Babangida, 35, are standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Innocent Odugbo, told the court that the accused committed the alleged offence on March 14, 2010, at No. 10 Niyi Okunubi St., Lekki, Lagos.
Odugbo alleged that the duo conspired and stole the generator, property of one Akinola Ojo, their employer, and sold it.
He said the alleged offence contravened Sections 390(9) and 516 of the Criminal Code Laws of Lagos State.
They pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Magistrate, O. A. Ogunbowale, granted them bail in the sum of N200,000 each, with two sureties each in like sum, and adjourned till June 7 for mention.
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Police Arrest Fraudster
A man, Mukiala Andrew, 32, has been docked at Abule-Egba Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, for attempting to defraud one Rotimi Bode of N80,000.
The prosecutor, Inspector Lugard Ahonle, disclosed in the charge sheet that the offence he committed are punishable under Sections 419 and 390 of the Criminal Code Cap 32, Vol 2 Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2003.
The charge read: “That you, Mukaila Andrew, on 22 January, 2011 at about 12.35 p.m. at pipeline area, Oke Odo, Lagos, in the Ikeja Magisterial District, with intent to defraud by obtaining N80,000 from Rotimi Bode with pretence to supply PVC ceiling and on the same day, time and place, did steal N80,000 from Rotimi Bode.”
He pleaded not guilt to the charges and the presiding magistrate, Mr. Owolabi Komolafe, granted him bail in the sum of N50,000 with sureties who must be fully employed, while the case was adjourned till 20 June, 20ll.
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Court Sentences Bus Driver To Death
Justice Habeeb Abiru of an Ikeja High Court in Lagos, yesterday sentenced a bus driver, Tunde Akinola, to death for killing his wife, Mrs. Funmilayo Awosika.
The prosecutor, A.A. Sanusi, said Akinola murdered his wife on 4 February, 2006, by stabbing her with a broken beer bottle after an argument at Oshodi Motor Park, Lagos.
Delivering judgment, Abiru said the accused was guilty of murder “because the prosecution proved his case beyond reasonable doubt.”
He said for a murder charge to hold, the prosecution must prove that the deceased died from the action of the accused person.
He said such action must be with the intention of causing bodily harm to the victim.
Abiru said the accused, in his statement of confession to the police which he later retracted during trial, admitted to stabbing the deceased with a broken bottle.
The judge said the accused also told the police that it took him almost a year to recover from the strange ailment and that the wife abandoned him during this period.
He said Akinola’s statement admitted by the court implicated him on the murder.
He added that the accused’s attempt to cook up story a that the wife fell into a gutter was not consistent with the facts.
He said from the photographs tendered before the court, it was clear that the deceased was stabbed on the neck and other parts of her body with broken bottle.
Abiru said the action of the accused was not in self-defence but intentional because the victim was reportedly stabbed in various places.
“I find the accused guilty of murder which is contrary to Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code Law Cap C. Vol. 2, Laws of Lagos State 2003 and punishable by death.
“I hereby sentence Akinola to death for the murder of Funmilayo Awosika,” the judge said.
The convict’s counsel, O. Rotimi, appealed to the judge to temper justice with mercy because of the children.
The judge, however, maintained that the law stated clearly that the punishment for murder is death.
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