An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court sitting at Isabo has remanded five men in prison for allegedly robbing a chief magistrate and others in the state.
The accused persons–Ahmed Yusuf, 32; Abdullahi Hassan, 37; Abbas Garuba,39; Abba Ismail,30; and Aruna Memud, 41; whose addresses were not given, are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and robbery.
The Prosecutor, Insp Olakunle Shonibare, told the court that the accused persons and others still at large committed the offence on Sept. 15, 2016, at Layering Estate in Abeokuta.
Shonibare said the accused robbed a chief magistrate, Mrs Oriyomi Sofowora, and six others in their houses while armed with dangerous weapons.
The prosecutor said the accused robbed the complainants of their properties, all valued at N259.6 million.
The prosecutor said the first accused person, who was a security man in Laderin, Ahmed Yusuf, had invited other accomplices from Sango Ota for the robbery operation.
“They were arrested after the chief magistrate’s phone that was stolen on the day of the robbery and in the possession of the first accused was tracked.
“The first accused confessed to the crime and named the other four accomplices who were later arrested at Sango Ota,” he said.
Shonibare said the offence contravened Sections 6 (b) and 2(a) of the Robbery and Firearm Act, Cap RII Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
The Magistrate, Mr Idowu Olayinka, ordered that the accused be remanded at the Oba Prisons pending the receipt of legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Olayinka adjourned the case till March 16 for the mention.
