An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court has remanded four unemployed men in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly robbing a pedestrian and a motorcyclist of their belongings at knifepoint and stabbing another victim.
The suspects, who live in Agege, Lagos are Isa Abdullahi, 21, Raji Abdullahi, 24, Toheeb Oyelakin, 18, and Abdulrasaki Jimoh.
They are being tried for conspiracy, robbery, possession of dangerous weapons and inflicting grievous harm.
The Magistrate, Mr M.A Adegbaye, did not take their pleas.
He ordered that they be remanded at Kirikiri Correctional Centre until March 27 pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecution’s (DPP)
The Prosecution Council, Supol Bisi Ogunleye, told the court that the offences were committed on Jan 8, at Oniwaya, Agege, Lagos.
Ogunleye alleged that the suspects robbed one Olamide Ogunsanya of his motorcycle valued N290, 000 at knife point.
He also alleged they stabbed Ogunsanya with a knife on his left shoulder.
The prosecutor said the suspects also allegedly robbed one Steven Obi of his mobile phones valued N450, 000.
“They also collected N250,000 from Obi at knifepoint.”
InMakurdi, the Benue State capital, a magistrate’s court yesterday also remanded two students, Ugosor Japhet and Gwebe Ageba, over alleged culpable homicide and armed robbery.
The Magistrate, Mrs Erdoo Ter, adjourned the case till April 12 for further mention.
The Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Regina Ishaya, said that Ugosor Japhet had fraudulently received from the complainant’s sister, one Naomi Erkaa, the sum of N150,000 as advance payment for house rent.
The police prosecutor further stated that upon receipt of the money, the defendant connived with the second defendant and deceitfully lured the victim to his house under the pretext of giving her the keys to the apartment.
She added that when the victim got to the first defendant’s house, both defendants attacked her with a cutlass and inflicted deep cuts on her hands, neck and head, which caused her to bleed to death.
“The defendants then secretly moved the corpse of the deceased, striped her naked, hid her under a heap of yam tendrils and dispossessed her of her cosmetic bag, Itel handset and Iphone.
“During police investigation, the defendants were arrested and confessed to committing the crime,” she said.