Police arrest 3 armed robbery suspects in Lagos.
The police in Lagos on Friday arrested two robbery suspects with a locally-made shotgun and six live cartridges near the Alaba International Market, Ojo.
The suspects were arrested after allegedly robbing a lorry with registration number XC 460 KJA.
The lorry was conveying some goods to the market.
Confirming the arrest, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Samuel Jinadu, said the suspects were arrested by a team of anti-robbery policemen from the Ojo Police Station.
He said the suspects were within the ages of 25 and 27.
Jinadu also said policemen on routine patrol in FESTAC Town arrested a robbery suspect with a locally-made pistol and two live cartridges.
According to him, the suspect was arrested on June 29 in an uncompleted building.
Jinadu said all the suspects would be transferred to the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, for further investigations.
Accused remanded in prison for allegedly stabbing man to death.
An Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Friday remanded 26-year-old Afeez Fatai at Ikoyi Prisons for allegedly stabbing a man to death with a broken bottle.
Fatai’s plea, who is standing trial on a charge of murder, was not taken by the magistrate.
The Magistrate, Folashade Kayode, ordered that the accused be kept behind bars pending when the court would get an advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The prosecutor, Insp. Paul Inedu, told the court that the accused allegedly used a broken bottle to stab Taoreed Bello during a brawl.
According to him, Bello later died of injuries he sustained during the fight.
Inedu said the offence which was committed on May 10 at Akpakpa, Pako-Ajegunle, a Lagos suburb, contravened Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
The accused, on conviction, may be sentenced to death.
The case has been adjourned to Aug. 26 for further hearing.
Police arraign 5 for attempted murder.
Five men were on Friday in Lagos arraigned for allegedly attempting to kill three persons over a land dispute.
The accused, Taiwo Onanjo, 35, Kehinde Akinyoyo, 32, Lukman Oshikalu, 30, Olayiga Abraham, 28 and Tajudeen Sholaru, 56, are facing a two count-charge of attempted murder and kidnapping at a Yaba Magistrates` Court.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Chinalu Uwadiore, told the court that the accused committed the offences on Dec. 10, 2010 at Oke Gbodo, Ikorodu.
He said the accused attempted to kill Adebowale Adedoyin, Lateef Olayiga and Ahmed Olayiga, when they shot at them while trying to survey the plots of land bought by Adedoyin.
He also told the court that during the attack, the accused also kidnapped Oriyomi Anjorin and Abiodun Ogundare who were among the team surveying the land.
The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 320 and 364 of the Criminal Code Laws of Lagos State.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Magistrate Demi Ajayi granted them bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
She adjourned the case till July 22, for further hearing.
Two docked for allegedly chopping off the hand of a suspected thief.
Two men who allegedly chopped off the right hand of a suspected thief before bringing him to the police were themselves on Friday arraigned in Lagos for causing grievous bodily harm.
Tunde Osubu, 46; and Koku Kofi, 43, were alleged to have chopped off the hand of Collins Okeke who they alleged stole the headlamp of a car on June 17 at their Oniwinde St., Aguda, Surulere.
The duo are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and causing grievous bodily harm before a Surulere Magistrates’ Court.
The duo, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Senior Magistrate M.K.O. Fadeyi had ordered the arrest of the accused who were complainants in the case against Okeke when he was brought before the court on June 22 with the stump of his severed arm dripping blood.
Okeke had told the court that his right hand was crudely amputated by the duo over allegations that he stole the headlamp of a vehicle.
He denied being guilty of the theft charge for which he lost an arm.
Okeke was not in court on Friday as he was reported to be on admission in hospital for the “Sharia-like” cutting of his arm.
At the proceeding on Friday, the prosecutor, Sgt. Idowu Onime told the court that Osubu and Kofi committed the offence on June 17 but the accused was brought to court on June 22.
He said the pitiable sight of Okeke with his stump dropping blood forced the magistrate to grant him bail on lenient grounds so that he could get medical attention denied him while in custody for about six days.
The prosecutor said the alleged offences contravened Sections 332 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
Fadeyi, however, granted the accused bail in the sum of N250,000 each with two sureties in like sum.
She adjourned the case till July 20 for further hearing.
Job applicant in court for slapping policewoman.
A 33-year-old job applicant, who allegedly slapped a policewoman, on Friday appeared before an Ilupeju-Oshodi Magistrates` Court in Lagos, charged with assault.
Roseline Azuamairo was accused of slapping Cpl Merit Enabulele who stopped a commercial vehicle in which Azuamairo was on June 18 at about 8.10 p.m. on Church Street, Oshodi.
The accused is facing a two-count charge of breach of the peace and causing bodily harm before Magistrate M.R. Osho-Adebiyi.
The job applicant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge, and was granted bail in the sum of N100,000 and two sureties in like sum.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Kehinde Olatunde, submitted that the accused also bit the policewoman.
He added that the accused called Enabulele and some other police officers thieves.
He said the alleged offences contravened Sections 249 (d) and 356 (2) C17 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
The case was adjourned till July 13 for further hearing.
Estate agent docked over alleged N900,000 fraud.
An estate agent, Gbolade Oludare, was on Friday docked in Lagos for allegedly defrauding two prospective tenants of N900,000.
Oludare, 33, is facing a two-count charge of fraud before Magistrate A.O. Olatunji of the Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Isaac Aminu, said the accused had in his capacity as an agent, collected N300,000 from one Julius Sonabe with a promise to provide him an accommodation.
He told the court that Oludare also collected N600,000 from one Femi Balogun under the pretext of letting out a mini-flat to him.
The prosecutor said in both cases, the accused failed to provide the accommodation as promised.
Aminu said the incident occurred between April 19 and May at 37, Tapa St., Ebute Meta, Lagos.
He said the offence contravened Section 419 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State and carried seven years imprisonment on conviction.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Olatunji granted the accused bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.
The case was adjourned to July 25 for further hearing.
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