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  • Court: Housekeeper in for allegedly stealing employer’s £16,750

    A housekeeper, Benson Rosemary, who allegedly stole her employer’s 16,750 pounds, ( N8. 5 million ) was on Tuesday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.

    Rosemary, 26, who resides with her employer at Taiwo Ishola St., Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.

    The Prosecutor, Benson Emuerhi, told the court that the accused committed the offence with some other persons, who are now at large on Feb. 18, at her employer’s resident.

    Emuerhi said the accused stole the money belonging to Dr Adekunle Desalu from his bedroom.

    “The accused, who had been working for the complainant for over a period of years, broke into his room, stole the money and disappeared.

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    “She was apprehended by the police after the complainant reported the case at the station,” he said.

    The offences contravene Sections 287, and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. If convicted, she faces a three year jail term.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    After arraignment, the Magistrate, Mrs O. Amzat, granted the accused bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two responsible sureties in like sum.

    Amzat ordered that one of the sureties must be a relation of the accused and both sureties should show evidence of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government.

    She adjourned the case until May 28 for mention.

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  • Two men in court for alleged gang rape of girl in bush

    Two men, Peter Ugbe, 32, and Hamed Alao, 25, appeared in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for alleged gang rape of a 20-year-old girl inside the bush.

    Ugbe and Alao, who reside in Iju-Ishaga Area of Lagos, had pleaded not guilty to a three-count charge of rape, conspiracy and assault.

    The Prosecutor, Insp. Victor Eruada, told the court that the accused persons and one other still at large, committed the offence on March 18, at Cele Bus-Stop, Iju-Ishaga, a Lagos Suburb.

    Eruada said that the accused and his accomplice accosted the girl, assaulted her with a cutlass and forced her to the bush and gang raped her.

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    “It was a passer-by who heard her shouting for help from the bush and alerted other people. Ugbe and Alao were apprehended, ” Eruada told the court.

    He said that the offence contravened sections 260, 411 and 171 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. The News men reports that Section 260 prescribes life imprisonment for offenders upon conviction.

    The Magistrate, Mrs Dan Oni, admitted the accused to bail in the sum of N50,000 each with two sureties in like sum. Oni adjourned the case until April 23, for trial.

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  • Police arraign transporter for alleged stealing

    The police on Monday arraigned a transporter, Timothy Oyinbe, 32, in  an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N100,000, belonging to a company, Chukwu bu Ikem Motors.

    The accused, who resides at No. 10, Ogota Road, Abakaliki in Ebonyi, is facing a two-count charge of disobedience to regulations and stealing.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.

    The Prosecutor, Sgt. Emmanuel Ajayi, told court that the accused committed the offences on March 17 at No. 169, Abeokuta Express Way, Iyana-Ipaja, near Lagos.

    Ajayi alleged that the accused disobeyed the rules and regulations of the company by taking the company’s bus beyond the booked destination and collected N100, 000 from passengers.

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    The offences contravened Sections 122 and 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The News men report that Section 287 stipulates a seven-year imprisonment for offenders.

    The Magistrate, Mrs G.O. Anifowose, granted the accused bail in the sum of N50, 000 with one surety in like sum.

    She said that the surety must be gainfully employed and should also have his address verified by the court.

    Anifowose adjourned the case until April 11 for mention.

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  • Lagos moves against illegal buildings converters in Ikeja

    The Lagos State Government yesterday initiated plans to restore Ikeja, the  capital, to its original master plan.

    The Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA) and the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA)  served  contravention notices on property owners and occupants for illegally converting them from residential to commercial use.   Buildings which violated the approval originally granted them were also served.

    About 117 houses on Allen Avenue were asked  to come for regularisation of their documents after being served.

    Other areas to be affected during the weeklong exercise are Aromire Street, Toyin Street, Isacc John, Joel Ogunnaike Street and Oduduwa Street in the GRA Ikeja, among others.

    According to LASPPPA General Manager  Olufunmilayo Osifuye, most residential buildings in Ikeja were illegally converted to commercial use.

    The government, Osifuye said, was not planning to demolish the structures but uncomfortable with the  violation of its  building and planning law.

    “First and foremost we are regularising those properties. Those who have violated the law and built illegally now have a six month window to do what is expected of them. For instance, if you have built commercial in residential zone, you can now regularise your permit so that you can have legitimacy on the use of the structures,” he said, adding that this scenario was only applicable to areas designated as mixed used areas.

    Osifuye said the building permits in the affected areas were expected to either be residential, commercial or both,  noting that it was illegal to obtain permit for a particular purpose and use the building for another without regularising the permit.

    According to him,  from the records of the Lagos State Bureau of Statistics, only 34 percent of property owners have building permits.

    He said the illegal building conversion had compounded the traffic jam in the axis.

  • Two men docked for drinking alcohol in front of police station

    Two men docked for drinking alcohol in front of police station

    Two men, Wole Broad, 49, and Wale Oludare, 40, were on Wednesday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly drinking alcohol in front of a police station.

    The two men were also accused of conducting themselves in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace by drinking alcohol in front of the Akinpelu Police Station at Oshodi, Lagos.

    They are facing a two-count charge of felony and breach of peace.

    Broad, residing at No.17, Olakunle Ajibade St., Ojota, is self-employed, while Oludare, a labourer, resides at No. 8, Akinpelu St. in Oshodi.

    The duo conspired to commit felony by conducting themselves in a manner likely to cause breach of the peace, the prosecution alleged.

    The Prosecutor, Insp. Rachael Williams, told court that the accused committed the offences on March 1 at about 11.55 p.m. at No. 5, Akinpelu St., opposite the Akinpelu Police Station.

    “The accused drank alcohol in front of Akinpelu Police Station after the commissioner of police had warned that on no account should anyone operate a beer parlour around any police station,” Williams stated.

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    According to her, the offences contravene Sections 57 and 412 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    Our reporter gathered that Section 57 prescribes six months imprisonment for offenders.

    The two men, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

    The Magistrate, Mrs L. Y. Balogun, granted them bail in the sum of N5, 000 each with one surety each in like sum.

    She adjourned the case until March 16.

  • Court remands father who allegedly raped daughter

    Court remands father who allegedly raped daughter

    An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday, remanded a 45- year -old father, Moses Udoh, to Kirikiri Prison over alleged rape of his own daughter.

    Chief Magistrate T. O Shomade refused to listen to the accused man’s plea and ordered him to be remanded in prison.

    The accused, an unemployed man resides at 45, Osundiya St., Meiran, a suburb of Lagos.

    Police prosecutor Rapheal Donny told the court that the offence was committed repeatedly in 2013 at Udoh’s residence.

    Donny said that the accused raped his 15- year -old daughter who is now 20 years old.

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    “The accused wife caught him while he was trying to molest his daughter sexually and she cried out,” the prosecutor said.

    “The case was brought to the police station and it was there the girl said that the father had raped her in 2013 and since then, he hasn’t stopped from molesting her sexually,” he said.

    The offence contravened Section 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The chief magistrate adjourned the case till Feb. 26, for mention.

  • Two docked for allegedly assaulting motorist

    Two docked for allegedly assaulting motorist

    Two brothers, Gabriel Sanya,  28, and Michael Sanya, 30, were on Monday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly assaulting a motorist.

    The accused, residing at Iju-Ishaga in Agege, near Lagos, are facing a two-count charge of assault and conspiracy.

    The Prosecutor, Sgt. Samuel Ishola, told court that the accused committed the offences on January 8 at Iju Bus Stop in Agege.

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    lshola said the accused assaulted one Sunday Akanni, a driver, working with LagBus over a misunderstanding on collecting balance of transport fare.

    “Akanni sustained an eye injury, following a head-butt as well as several punches from the brothers during an argument,” the prosecutor said.

    The offence contravened Section 172 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The duo, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

    The Magistrate, Mrs A.R. Onilogbo, granted them bail in the sum of N50, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

    She said that the sureties should be gainfully employed and must show evidence of a two-year tax payment to the Lagos State Government as part of the bail conditions.

    Onilogbo adjourned the case until February 17 for mention.

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  • How Ikeja Electric changed my life, by trainee

    A beneficiary of Ikeja Electric (IE) Youth Empowerment Training Programme, Alex Chuks, has spoken of how his life was transformed by the exercise.

    No fewer than 40 youths across IE’s network graduated from the Community Vocational Centre inside Owoseni Schools Complex, Oshodi, last Friday.

    IE’s network comprises areas it supplies power,  including  Ikeja,  Somolu,  Agbado Ijaiye, Oshodi Isolo, Oke-Afa, Arepo and parts of Magboro

    The training, IE said, was to empower the youths to be self-reliant.

    An elated Chuks said: “It is really a life-changing training. The company and our trainers have done a lot for us. I can’t quantify the knowledge impacted on us.”

    IE’s Acting Chief Executive Officer Anthony Youdeowei said the youths were trained in catering for two weeks.

    Represented by Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Felix Ofulue, Youdeowei  said the training was in line with the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) designed to empower youths with entrepreneurial skill to reduce unemployment.

    He said: “We are deeply passionate about providing opportunities for youths to hone their entrepreneurial skills because we believe there are millions of youths out there who need the right opportunities and support to develop. This initiative underscores our determination to enrich lives and contribute to humanity.

    “We will continue to create robust platforms and opportunities to facilitate the dreams of our youths who have the ambition to succeed as entrepreneurs’’.

    “We will continually strive to create avenues for youth empowerment,” he said.

    The trainer, Mrs Titi Akanni, described catering  as important as medicine and law.

    “We have culinary terminologies like other professions. We provide food for other professionals. Without us, they can’t perform their functions well in office because an hungry man is an angry man. Many corporate organisations depend on us for their workers’ breakfast and lunch. We also provide for lazy housewives,” Mrs Akanni said.

  • Teacher in court over alleged raping of neighbour’s daughter

    Teacher in court over alleged raping of neighbour’s daughter

    A 38-year-old man, Joshua Babatunde ,was on Monday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly raping his neighbour’s daughter.

    The defendant, a teacher, who resides at No.7, Ogunshola St., Alaguntan, Alimosho, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a charge of rape.

    The prosecutor, Sgt. Raphael Donny, told the court that the offence was committed on Jan. 11, at Animashaun St., Alaguntan, Lagos.

    Donny said that the defendant lured the 16- year –old girl to his friend ‘s house under the pretext of sending her on an errand, but shut the door and raped her.

    “The defendant had sexually molested the girl for about three times in his friend’s house, and had always threatened to deal with the girl if she talks.

    “The defendant’s friend didn’t know anything about this because he traveled and gave the house key to his friend,” he said.

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    Donny added that luck ran out of the defendant when one of the neighbours peeped in through the window and caught him molesting the girl.

    “The woman who saw him raised an alarm and the defendant was apprehended,” he said.

    The offence, according to the prosecutor contravened Section 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Folakemi Davies –Abegunde, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N400, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

    The case was adjourned until Feb. 26 for mention.

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  • Man accused of raping 13-yr-old remanded in prison

    Man accused of raping 13-yr-old remanded in prison

    A 55-year-old man, Mfon Iyang, was on Monday remanded in  Kirikiri prison as he was alleged of raping a teenage girl,  by an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Folakemi Davies-Abegunde,  refused to  grant the bail application for the accused and ordered his remand in  prison.

    The accused, an auto mechanic, who resides at Fagba, a suburb of Lagos,  is on trial  for rape.

    Earlier, the Prosecutor, Sgt. Rachael Donny,  told the court that offence was committed on Jan. 8 at the workshop  of the accused in Fagba, Lagos.

    Donny said that the 13-year-old girl  was sent on an errand to the  workshop by her brother.

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    “When the girl got there, she met only the accused and after delivering the message, she was about going when he dragged her inside the workshop.

    “The accused covered her mouth so that her voice would not be heard and raped her,” Donny said.

    Donny added that the girl cried to the house and told the brother what happened.

    “The case was reported at the police station and the accused was arrested,” he said.

    The offence, he added,  contravened Section 259 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    Davies-Abegunde adjourned the case till  Feb. 14 for hearing on bail application.

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