ROBBERS’ CONFESSION: ‘We Use Army Uniform To Rob.
Two convicted fake military men made a confessional statement at an Apapa magistrate’s court that the Army uniform found on them were actually a camouflage they wear while robbing their victims.
They said it was convenient for them to use Army uniform to intimidate people before Simeon Utosor and Dangena gun men robbing them within and outside Lagos State.
The magistrate, A.K. Sonubi consequently sentenced them to eight years imprisonment without an option of fine.
The jailed men, Simon Utosor and Dangena Gurum were jailed after they pleaded guilty for parading themselves as military officers and using army uniforms to intimidate, extort money and rob innocent people in Lagos State.
Simon Utosor, 37 and a 37-year old Dangena Gurum will be spending the next eight years behind bars for extortion and impersonation.
Dangena and Simon were arrested at Alaba Suru, Ajegunle wearing army uniform, fake identity cards, and other paraphernalia of soldiers.
The duo were sentenced accordingly after they pleaded guilty of the offence which the police said is contrary to section 428 of the Criminal Code, Cap 17 Vol. II, Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2003.
Simon was jailed for five years without an option of fine after checks in the court’s records, showed that he was convicted of the same offence in 2009. The court noted that Simon was a threat to the society and if he was allowed to go scot-free, he will still go back to commit the same crime.
Dangena was a bit lucky as he was sentenced to three years after he pleaded with the court for leniency.
He also told the court that he was a dismissed soldier and needed to move on with his life.
Landlord Shot Dead In Ajah Clash A clash between youths at Ilaje, Ajah, Lagos has claimed the life of a landlord in the area, Chief Augustine Orola, a.k.a. Orogbodo.
Orogbodo was shot dead during a clash between youths of Ajah Ijebu and their Ilaje counterparts on Monday at Tombola Hotel.
The cause of the clash which sent commuters, passersby and motorists scampering for safety could not be ascertained.
Witnesses revealed that Ajah Ijebu youths invaded the Ilaje community with guns, cutlasses, knives, broken bottles and unleashed terror on residents.
In the confusion that ensued, one of the youths reportedly shot the landlord who was standing beside a building at 52, California Street, Off Ilaje Street, Ajah. Scores of residents also sustained injuries during the attack.
Some vehicles parked along Ilaje Street were not spared by the rampaging youths who vandalised them.
Investigations revealed that the injured landlord died of loss of blood at the hospital where he was rushed to.
His death led to another round of hostilities by the youths but they were contained by policemen from Ajiwe division and OPMESSA. Some of the youths were arrested by the police and are being detained at the State CID, Panti, Yaba.
Corpse of the deceased was deposited at a mogue in Ajah Hospital.
Narrating how he learnt of his father’s death, one of the children of the deceased, Captain Adedoyin Oroka said: “I was at work when I received a call that my father had been shot. I rushed home and found out that he was dead.
“I am appealing to the state Commissioner of Police and Governor Babatunde Fashola to wade into the matter and ensure that justice was done.”
Two convicted fake military men made a confessional statement at an Apapa magistrate’s court that the Army uniform found on them were actually a camouflage they wear while robbing their victims.
They said it was convenient for them to use Army uniform to intimidate people before Simeon Utosor and Dangena gun men robbing them within and outside Lagos State.
The magistrate, A.K. Sonubi consequently sentenced them to eight years imprisonment without an option of fine.
The jailed men, Simon Utosor and Dangena Gurum were jailed after they pleaded guilty for parading themselves as military officers and using army uniforms to intimidate, extort money and rob innocent people in Lagos State.
Simon Utosor, 37 and a 37-year old Dangena Gurum will be spending the next eight years behind bars for extortion and impersonation.
Dangena and Simon were arrested at Alaba Suru, Ajegunle wearing army uniform, fake identity cards, and other paraphernalia of soldiers.
The duo were sentenced accordingly after they pleaded guilty of the offence which the police said is contrary to section 428 of the Criminal Code, Cap 17 Vol. II, Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2003.
Simon was jailed for five years without an option of fine after checks in the court’s records, showed that he was convicted of the same offence in 2009. The court noted that Simon was a threat to the society and if he was allowed to go scot-free, he will still go back to commit the same crime.
Dangena was a bit lucky as he was sentenced to three years after he pleaded with the court for leniency.
He also told the court that he was a dismissed soldier and needed to move on with his life.
Landlord Shot Dead In Ajah Clash A clash between youths at Ilaje, Ajah, Lagos has claimed the life of a landlord in the area, Chief Augustine Orola, a.k.a. Orogbodo.
Orogbodo was shot dead during a clash between youths of Ajah Ijebu and their Ilaje counterparts on Monday at Tombola Hotel.
The cause of the clash which sent commuters, passersby and motorists scampering for safety could not be ascertained.
Witnesses revealed that Ajah Ijebu youths invaded the Ilaje community with guns, cutlasses, knives, broken bottles and unleashed terror on residents.
In the confusion that ensued, one of the youths reportedly shot the landlord who was standing beside a building at 52, California Street, Off Ilaje Street, Ajah. Scores of residents also sustained injuries during the attack.
Some vehicles parked along Ilaje Street were not spared by the rampaging youths who vandalised them.
Investigations revealed that the injured landlord died of loss of blood at the hospital where he was rushed to.
His death led to another round of hostilities by the youths but they were contained by policemen from Ajiwe division and OPMESSA. Some of the youths were arrested by the police and are being detained at the State CID, Panti, Yaba.
Corpse of the deceased was deposited at a mogue in Ajah Hospital.
Narrating how he learnt of his father’s death, one of the children of the deceased, Captain Adedoyin Oroka said: “I was at work when I received a call that my father had been shot. I rushed home and found out that he was dead.
“I am appealing to the state Commissioner of Police and Governor Babatunde Fashola to wade into the matter and ensure that justice was done.”
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