Police parade 4 robbery suspects.
The Police in Lagos on Wednesday paraded four suspected armed robbers, believed to be specialists in the snatching of motorcycles.
While parading the suspects, whose age ranged between 19 years and 20 years, the spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Samuel Jinadu, alleged that the stolen motorcycles were always taken to Ogun.
He said the suspects were arrested while attempting to rob some residents of Olaoluwa St, Ketu, at about 2 a.m.
According to him, two of the six-member robbery gang escaped arrest.
The police spokesman alleged that 10 motorcycles stolen by the gang in their previous operations were kept in Ogijo near Ikorodu.
Jinadu said one locally made short gun, four live cartridges and one expended cartridge were recovered from them.
He added that the suspects confessed to have been involved in 15 different robbery operations in the past five years.
He advised motorcyclists to always adequately secure their motorcycles against theft.
The suspects had been taken to the Special Anti-robbery Squad in Ikeja for further investigation.
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Housewife arraigned for duping businessman.
The police on Wednesday arraigned a 28-year-old housewife before an Apapa Senior Magistrates’ Court for allegedly obtaining N400,000 under false pretence.
The accused, Uche Okpara, is facing a two-count charge of felony and obtaining money under false pretence.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Friday Inedu, told the court that the accused collected the money from one Chizoba Anaekwe under the pretext of supplying him imported second-hand clothes.
He said the accused committed the offence on Feb. 21, at No. 87, Tedi Muwo Road, Ojo, Lagos.
He said her actions contravened Sections 390 (9) and 419 of the Criminal Code Cap 17 Vol. 11 Laws of Lagos State.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Senior Magistrate, Amos Adeyemi granted the accused N100,000 bail with one surety in like sum and adjourned further hearing of the case till May 25.
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Engineer in court over N2.1m fraud.
A 47-year-old engineer was on Wednesday arraigned before a Somolu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly obtaining N2.1 million under false pretence.
The accused, Tunde Owolabi, is facing a two-count charge of stealing and obtaining money by false pretence.
The prosecutor, Asp. Akinlabi Adegoke, told the court that the accused on Dec. 10, 2010 at No. 30 Ramotu Oluwakemi Street, Gbagada, Lagos obtained the said amount from one Ini Onuk.
He said the alleged offences were contrary to Sections 390 and 419 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
The accused pleaded not guilty.
Magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi granted the accused N500,000 bail with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case till July 6 for trial.
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Man, 45, charged with pouring urine on housewife.
A middle-aged man, Kamarudeen Jimoh was on Wednesday charged before an Apapa Senior Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly pouring urine on a housewife.
Jimoh, 45, is standing trial on a two-count charge of felony and breach of peace to which he, however, pleaded not guilty.
The Prosecutor, Cpl. Friday Inedu told the court that the accused had on April 23 at about 7.30 a.m. at Salawu Junction, Olodi-Apapa, Lagos, intentionally poured his urine on the complainant, Mrs Josephine Onwuegbujulam at her shop.
He alleged that the accused went to the shop of Onwuegbujulam, poured urine on the goods and threatened to harm her.
Inedu said the offence contravened Section 390 (9) of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
The Senior Magistrate, Amos Adeyemi, granted the accused bail in the sum of N30, 000 with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case till May 19 for further hearing.
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Court strikes out N30.4m fraud cases.
A Surulere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday struck out two fraud cases involving N30.4 million for want of diligent prosecution.
The Chief Magistrate, Abiola Soladoye said since the prosecution had failed to show readiness to prosecute the case, she had no option than to strike it out.
She also noted that the complainant had failed to show up since the accused was arraigned in 2010 in the second case.
The first case involved three persons-- two bankers and a woman.
The accused -- Monday Iliya,35; Monday Aigbobo,44; and Stella Osadebe, 41 -- were arraigned on Oct. 19, 2010 for allegedly defrauding Union Bank of N30 million.
The trio, however, pleaded not guilty and were granted bail in the sum of N100, 000 each with two sureties in like sum.
But the Prosecutor, Insp. Sunday Olaide, had insisted that the accused committed the offence on Aug. 13 at a Union Bank branch at 6, Herbert Macaulay St., Ebute Meta.
He said Iliya and Aigbobo, who were employees of the bank, conspired with Osadebe, a customer, to defraud the bank of N30 million by transferring the money into Osadebe’s account.
Olaide said the offences contravened Sections 422 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
Also, the second case involving two persons, including a woman, was stuck out because the complainant, Mrs Abiola Abdulsalam, wanted an out-of-court settlement.
The accused Monsurat Ajibade, 28; and Toyosi Olabode, 39 -- were first arraigned on Nov. 11, 2010 for allegedly defrauding Abdulsalam of N435, 000 under the pretext of buying dollars for her.
They pleaded not guilty and were granted bail in the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties in like sum.
Olaide had told the court that the duo, who committed the offence on Oct. 26, 2010 at Barracks Bus Stop, Surulere, contravened Sections 390 (9), 419 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
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Unlicensed truck driver faces trial for injuring pedestrian.
An articulated vehicle driver was on Wednesday charged before a Surulere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly driving recklessly and injuring a pedestrian.
The accused, Azubuike Agwu, 34, is facing a three-count charge of dangerous driving, driving without a driver’s licence and causing injury to a pedestrian.
Agwu, however, entered a ``not guilty’’ plea.
But the Prosecutor, Cpl. Samuel Ishola told the court that the accused committed the offences on March 28 at Adeleye Junction, Orile-Iganmu on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
According to him, the accused drove a Mercedes Benz truck with registration number XD579- AWK in a reckless manner and hit Miss Nkechi Gideon who was returning home from work.
The offences, he said, contravened Sections 7 (1) and 28 (1) of the Road Traffic Laws of Lagos State.
Counsel to the accused, Moses Omolola, urged the court to grant the accused bail as the breadwinner of his family.
The Magistrate, Ari Niki-Tobi, granted the accused bail by asking him to produce two credible sureties and adjourned the case till June 6 for further hearing.
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Designer explains why actresses dress provocatively.
The President, Creative Designers Guild of Nigeria (GDGN), Iyen Agbonifo, on Wednesday defended ``provocative dressing’’ by actresses while on stage.
Agbonifo said in Lagos that some actresses put on skimpy clothes to vividly portray the characters they acted.
The GDGN president said that such wears must had been requested for by the script writer and director.
She noted that scripts determined the type of makeup that would soothe a particular character in the movie.
Agbonifo, however, said any actress uncomfortable with wearing skimpy clothes could discuss it with the movie director and the costume designer.
She also said it was improper for actresses to wear skimpy clothes in movies with cultural background.
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Regularise your appeal process, Appeal Court tells Nollywood actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima.
The Court of Appeal in Lagos on Wednesday directed Nollywood actress, Ibinabo Fiberesima, to regularise all processes in her appeal papers filed before the court.
The actress, who is currently on bail, is seeking a stay of execution of the judgment of a Lagos High Court.
Justice Deborah Oluwayemi had on Feb. 20, 2009 found Ibinabo guilty of murder through reckless and dangerous driving resulting in the death of one Dr Suraj Giwa.
She sentenced her to five years imprisonment without an option of fine.
At the resumed hearing of the appeal, the appellate court queried the non-inclusion of all the exhibits tendered at the lower court as part of the record of appeal transmitted from the lower court.
The court observed that the record of appeal transmitted was not comprehensive enough.
The court also observed that some pages of the record of the appeal were not legible hence nothing could be done on the appeal until it was amended.
An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court had fined Fiberesima N100,000, but not satisfied with that judgment, the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Supo Sasore (SAN), filed an appeal at the Lagos High Court.
In her judgment, Justice Oluwayemi held that the N100,000 fine imposed by the lower court on Fiberesima was tantamount to judicial recklessness.
She held that it was unreasonable for a magistrate to give an option of N100,000 fine to someone who had taken the life of another person through dangerous driving.
The judge added that Section 28 of the Road Traffic Law, Cap R10 Laws of Lagos State 2003, on which the convict was found guilty, did not give an option of fine.
Oluwayemi held that the magistrate misdirected himself and might have been confused by the plea for leniency by the lawyer to the convict that the ex-beauty queen was a working mother.
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Trader arraigned for stealing from Chinese.
The police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned a 37-year-old trader, Eberechi Nwachi, who allegedly obtained goods worth N480,000 from a Chinese by pretence.
Nwachi is standing trial before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court on a two-count charge of stealing and obtaining by false pretence.
He, however, pleaded not guilty, and was granted bail by Magistrate Ope Agbe in the sum of one million naira with one surety in like sum.
The prosecutor, ASP Elizabeth Ekoma, said Nwachi committed the alleged offences between March and May 2010 at the Falomo Shopping Centre, Lagos.
Ekoma said the accused obtained kitchen wares worth N713,000 from a Chinese at the shopping centre, Lee Hui Zhi, under the pretence that he would pay for the goods later.
The prosecutor said Nwachi later made part-payment for the goods and failed to pay balance of N480,000.
She said the alleged offences contravened Sections 390 (9) and 419 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
The court adjourned hearing in the case till June 1.
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PHCN vandals charged to court in Lagos.
Two men, who allegedly stole cables worth N1.3 million belonging to Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), were on Wednesday charged before an Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.
Facing a three-count charge of felony, stealing and conspiracy, the duo -- Bello Jelili, 24, and Christopher Emmanuel, 27 -- however, pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Insp. Benedict Unawunwa, told the court that the accused had on May 4 at about 2 a.m. at Aduke St., Ajegunle-Apapa, committed the offence.
He said the accused had already cut the PHCN cables into different sizes in an attempt to cart them away.
The accused, on conviction, may be sentenced to seven years imprisonment.
The Chief Magistrate, Oluyemisi Adelaja, granted the accused bail in the sum of N100,000 with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case till June 8.
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Man, 25, docked for attempted murder.
A 25-year-old man, Nafiu Rafiu, was on Wednesday in Lagos arraigned for attempted murder.
Rafiu is facing a five-count charge of attempted murder, felony and a breach of the peace at an Itire Magistrates` Court.
He pleaded not guilty.
The prosecution said the accused, with four others still at large, armed with a gun and cutlass, had attempted to kill one Nurudeen Oyemade.
ASP Lucky Iferegomoni said the accused had on April 25 at Araromi Street, Ilasamaja on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway pursued Oyemade with a gun and cutlass, leaving him with deep cuts on his forehead.
He said the offences contravened Sections 62(2) (a), (b), (c), (e) and (f), 249, 335, 338 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
The Chief Magistrate, Abimbola Awaogboro, granted the accused bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum.
The case has been adjourned till June 23 for further hearing.
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Housewife arraigned over alleged theft of N2.3m.
A housewife, Funmilola Oyelowo, was on Wednesday in Lagos arraigned for allegedly receiving N2.3 million stolen from the account of a bank customer.
Oyelowo, 33, is standing trial before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court on a three-count charge of conspiracy, receiving stolen property and stealing.
Oyelowo was alleged to have conspired with his brother Mofolusho Olalemi, a cashier with Sterling Bank to steal the money.
Olalemi is now at large.
The prosecutor, SP. Asuquo Effiong, said the accused in February 2010 received the said money from Olalemi, knowing same to have been stolen from the account of Mr Olugbenga Akinbode, a customer of the bank.
He said the police are still on the trail of Olalemi, who disappeared after committing the alleged theft.
He said the offence contravened Sections 390 (9), 427 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge and was granted bail in the sum of N300,000 with one surety in like sum.
The Magistrate, F.O. Aigbokahevbo, adjourned the case till May 25 for further hearing.
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Man in court for chasing father with cutlass.
A 26-year-old man, Nurudeen Badmus, who allegedly pursued his father with a cutlass, on Wednesday appeared before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
Badmus was charged with assaulting his father, Hassan Badmus, who had attempted to stop him from smoking Indian hemp.
He, however, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of assault and breach of the peace before Magistrate S. O. Solebo.
Solebo granted him bail in the sum of N100,000 and a surety in like sum.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Oladejo Balogun, submitted that Nurudeen committed the alleged offences on May 6 at No. 55 Ola Salami St., Egan, Lagos.
He said the alleged offences contravened Sections 249 (d) and 86 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
Further hearing in the case comes up on May 30.
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Undergraduate arraigned for assaulting police officer.
A 27-year-old undergraduate, Raliat Ahmed, was on Wednesday arraigned before a Somolu Magistrates` Court in Lagos for allegedly assaulting a police officer.
The accused was arraigned on a two-count charge of assault and breach of the peace before Magistrate B.O. Osunsanmi.
She pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge.
The prosecutor, Asp. Akinlabi Adegoke, told the court that Ahmed on May 4 conducted herself in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace at Pedro Police Station, Somolu.
He alleged that the problem started when relatives of the accused were arrested and brought to the police station.
According to the prosecutor, when the accused misbehaved in the police station, the officer ordered her out of there and she responded by fighting with her.
He noted that the alleged offences were contrary to Sections 249 and 356 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
Osunsanmi granted Ahmed bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in like sum.
She adjourned the case till May 15 for further hearing.
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