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  • Court remands man for defiling a minor

    An Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court, in Lagos State,on Tuesday  ordered that an unemployed man, Abayomi Adebayo, who allegedly defiled a six-year-old girl be remanded in prison.

    The police charged Adebayo, 42, whose address was not provided, with indecent assault.

    Chief Magistrate F.A Azeez, did not take the plea of the defendant.

    Azeez,ordered the police to duplicate the case file and send it to the office of the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution for legal advice.

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    She adjourned the case until June 6, for mention.

    The Prosecutor, Sgt John Iberedem, told the court that the accused committed the offence on April 4, at No.26 Adekunle Ojo str, Ori-Okuta Agric area in Ikorodu.

    Iberedem alleged that the accused unlawfully had canal knowledge of the minor.

    The prosecutor said that the offence contravened the provision of  Section 137 of criminal law of Lagos State, 2015 as amended.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendant is liable to life imprisonment if found guilty of the offence.

    NAN

  • Fake lawyer docked in Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court

    Three years after allegedly acting as a counsel, the law has finally caught up with a fake lawyer, Samson Obu, at an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State.

    The 43-year-old, residing at No. 5, Imam St., Owutu, Agric in Ikorodu, near Lagos, was docked on a count charge of impersonation, following suspicion raised by some lawyers.

    According to the Prosecutor, Sgt. John Iberedem, the accused had appeared in the court on April 5 to represent an accused.

    “He announced his appearance for an accused and quoted a wrong section, which was what aroused the suspicion of other lawyers, including Mr Adetayo Ladega.

    “Ladega, the Vice-President of the Ikorodu Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association and other lawyers challenged Obu and he was interrogated and arrested by the police.

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    “The accused has been appearing as a lawyer for the past three years,” the prosecutor said. Iberedem said the offence contravened Section 78 of the Lagos State Criminal Code, 2015. Obu, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge against him.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mrs F. A. Azeez, granted him bail in the sum of N250, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

    Azeez said the sureties must show evidence of three years tax payment and must make deposits of N25, 000 each.

    She adjourned the case until May 10 for mention.

    NAN

  • Businessman in court over N24m fraud

    Businessman in court over N24m fraud

    For allegedly defrauding a man of N24million, a 36-year-old businessman, Isah Mohammed, was on Monday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

    Mohammed, a resident of Badagry area of Lagos State, is being tried for fraud and stealing.

    According to the prosecutor, Sgt. Emmanuel Ajayi, the accused committed the offences sometime in the month of May at Ladipo market, Mushin, Lagos.

    He said that the accused ran away with N24million belonging to Mr Chinedu Fredrick.

    “The accused bolted with the money to an unknown destination,’’ he said.

    Ajayi said that the complainant, who was a businessman, gave money to the accused to help him send to a person’s account in China, who will help him buy his goods.

    “The accused collected the money and disappeared into thin air.

    “Efforts made to collect the money back proved unsuccessful as the accused refused to pick his calls.

    “The accused was later arrested and handed over to the police,” he said.

    The offences contravened Sections 287 and 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015(Revised).

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 314 prescribes a 15-year jail term for fraud.

    The accused pleaded innocence of the offences and was granted bail in the sum of N1million, with two sureties in like sum.

    The Magistrate, Mrs F.A Azeez, said that the sureties should be gainfully employed and show evidence of two years tax payments to the Lagos State Government.

    The case was adjourned until Sept. 19, for mention.

  • Forex operator in court over N5.3million fraud

    Forex operator in court over N5.3million fraud

    A 33-year-old businessman, Tunde Adedoyin, who allegedly converted N5.3million belonging to one Oyekunle Oyewole to his own use, was on Monday granted N500,000 bail by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

    Adedoyin, a resident of the Isolo area of Lagos, had pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of stealing and fraud.

    The Magistrate, Mrs F.A. Azeez, also asked the accused to produce two sureties, as part of the bail conditions.

    According to the Prosecutor, Sgt. Emmanuel Ajayi, the accused committed the offences on May 13 at Oguntayo St., Mushin, Lagos.

    Ajayi said that the accused allegedly collected the money from the complainant under the pretext of selling US dollars to him, which he did not.

    Ajayi said the complainant approached the accused, who was into the foreign exchange business, to assist his in-law based in the United States, to change currency for his children’s school fees.

    “The complainant gave the bank account of his brother-in-law to the accused for him to send the dollars to his account, while he remitted to him in naira here in Nigeria.

    “The complainant’s brother-in-law later called to inform him that he got the alert, but no money was in his account.

    “It was later discovered that the alert was a scam and the accused was arrested,’’ he said.

    The offences contravened Sections 287 and 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 314 prescribes a 15-year jail term for obtaining money under false pretences.

    The case was adjourned until Aug. 8, for mention.

  • Student arraigned for break-in, theft

    A 17-year-old secondary school student, Jamiu Ibrahim, who allegedly broke into his school and stole nine ceiling fan regulators valued at N30,000, was on Wednesday released on N50,000 bail on the orders of an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

    The Magistrate, Mrs. F. A. Azeez, who gave the ruling, also granted the accused a surety, who must be gainfully employed with an evidence of two years’ tax payment to the Lagos State Government.

    Ibrahim, whose address was not provided, is facing a charge of theft.

    He, however, entered a `not-guilty’ plea.

    But the Prosecutor, Sgt. Emmanuel Ajayi, said the accused committed the offence on April 19 at Birch Freeman High School, Mushin.

    According to him, the accused unlawfully entered the school premises and stole nine ceiling fan regulators worth N30, 000, property of the Lagos State Ministry of Education.

    “The accused, a student of the school, was caught with the items when he wanted to escape at the school gate.”

    The offence contravened Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the section prescribes a three-year jail term for offenders.

    The magistrate adjourned the case until May 17 for mention.