A suspect yesterday relieved how he kidnapped his master’s son in order to get his entitlement from him.
Twenty-three-year old Celestine Chimaobi said he kidnapped Emeka Chukwuyere at Alafia on Orile-Iganmu to force “his father to settle me after serving him for five years”.
He said: “I served my boss for five years at Mandilas (Lagos Island). After serving him, he took me to my village in Imo State and refused to settle me. So, I returned to Lagos and kidnapped his son, so that he would settle me.”
Chimaobi, who said he laid ambush for the boy near the house of his master, who trades under the name of Kasco Ltd., stated that he kept him for four days at a hotel where he worked as a cleaner.
The suspect, who was paraded with his friend, Emmanuel Blessing, 20, said the latter knew nothing about the kidnap.
He said: “I told Emmanuel that the boy was my brother and that he would be staying with me for some days. He didn’t know I kidnapped the boy. He saw the boy when he came to the hotel and asked me who he was. Then, I told him he’s my brother and that he came to spend some time with me. The next time he came, he saw the boy and I told him the boy would leave on Monday. Then, on Tuesday, we met on the road and I begged him to escort me to the bank so that I can collect money from the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). That’s how we were arrested.
“I singlehandedly kidnapped the boy. I wanted his father to pay the ransom and I would use it as my settlement. I worked for him for five years. He’s from Okija in Anambra State and I have been selling clothes for him at Mandialas.
“In the agreement he had with my parents before he took me, he promised to settle me after four years. He started to count my apprenticeship from 2014. In 2016 when he was supposed to settle me, he opened another shop and asked me to be paying him N20,000 monthly. I could not cope because of the recession in the country, so I asked him to settle me as agreed but he refused, rather he sent me back to the village.
“I came back early January and I stayed in a hotel. It was then that the idea of how to kidnap his son came to me. Last Monday around 7:30am, I laid ambush around the house and picked the boy on his way to school. The boy emerged around 7:45am. He came to me when I called him and I took him away.”
The suspect said he was caught on Apapa Road in Oyingbo when he went to the bank thinking that the N5million ransom he demanded had been paid.
He said: “I called my Oga on phone the next day to pay N5 million into my account if he wants to see his son again. I sent him my account number. I was on my way to collect my ATM card from the bank on Apapa Road when I was arrested. I never knew that police were on my trail.”
Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni said: “After we received the complaint, policemen were detailed to investigate the case. During the investigation, the team discovered that the suspects were on their way to the bank to collect the ransom money. They were arrested while on their way to the bank.”
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Why I kidnapped my boss’ son, by suspect
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‘Fight’ over fourth defendant stalls Oniba kidnap trial
The trial of four suspects in the kidnap of the traditional ruler of Iba Town, Oba Goriola Oseni, failed to commence Friday following a disagreement between two counsel over which of them would represent fourth defendant, Yerin Fresh.
Fresh was arraigned on October 24, before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State High Court, Igbosere, alongside first defendant Duba Furejo, second defendant Ododowo Isaiah and third defendant Reuben Anthony.
They are standing trial on an eight-count charge bordering on conspiracy, murder, attempted murder, robbery, armed robbery, felony and kidnapping preferred against them by the Lagos State Government.
On October 24, Fresh was represented by Chief Selowei Baidi, who is also the counsel to the first and second defendants, while Mr J. O Egwuaroje was the third defendant’s counsel.
The defendants were remanded in Ikoyi Prison, Lagos following their plea of not guilty.
At the commencement of proceedings yesterday, Mrs E. I. Alakija, the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution (DDP), announced her appearance for the state, while Baidi and Egwuaroje maintained appearances for the same defendants.
But mild drama began when another lawyer, Mr Anthony Onwueze, also announced appearance for the fourth defendant, Fresh.
Responding to a query from Justice Taiwo, Onwueze explained that he had been commissioned to represent the fourth defendant.
“Prior to the court sitting, we approached Mr Baidi that we have a specific instruction from the fourth defendant to represent him in this matter. But Mr Baidi said his brief has not been perfected. We have a letter from the defendant authorising us to represent him,” Onwueze said.
But Baidi confronted Onwueze with the Rules of Professional Ethics of the profession and insisted that Onwueze had not fulfilled the conditions precedent for over a brief from another lawyer.
Baidi said: “I maintain my stand as the defence counsel for the fourth defendant. I am opposed to him taking over as counsel without compliance with Rule 29 of the Rules of Professional Ethics.”
Following back and fourth arguments prosecution counsel Mrs Alakija observed that a dispute over proper representation in the case could be resolved in accordance with Section 234 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL), 2011, which provides for change of counsel.
She offered that the prosecution was willing to give counsel time to settle the matter.
“We can give counsel time to sort out the issue of representation before the next adjournment. We still have November 11 and 14 dates for trial,” Alakija said.
Third defendant counsel, Egwuaroje also observed that the prosecution witnesses appeared to be absent.
In a bench ruling, Justice Taiwo said: “Both counsel are hereby advised to abide by the professional rules. Mr Onwueze should assist Chief Baidi to recover whatever fees are due to him from the fourth defendant.
“In view of the circumstances, I would suggest that we commence trial on October 11, by which time counsel would have put their house in order. This case is hereby adjourned till November 11. Witnesses must be in court. Counsel must have resolved the issue. No bickering gentlemen.”
The defendants were arraigned on eight count charge bordering on conspiracy, murder, attempted murder, robbery, armed robbery , felony and kidnapping preferred against them by the Lagos State Government.
They and others at large were accused of conspiring to commit the alleged offences on July 16, at the traditional ruler’s palace in Iba.
Apart from the kidnap of Oba Yishau Goriola Oseni, they allegedly murdered a security guard, Sunday Eniola Okanlawon and a commercial motorcyclist, Joseph Okeke and also attempted to murder the monarch’s wife, Olori Abosede Oseni.
According to the charge, they also robbed Abosede of her mobile phone while armed with guns.
The state said the offences contravened Sections 233, 230, 299, 297 (2) (b) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State C17, Vol 3 Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
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Fleeing robbery suspect dies in road crash
An armed robbery suspect was at the weekend knocked down by a vehicle at Ijanikin, Lagos while fleeing from policemen.
The suspect was said to have died on the spot. One of his alleged accomplices, Bassey Eyo, 22, was arrested by policemen attached to Ijanikin Division.
It was gathered that the incident occurred around 9:30pm by Ojo Lowo Bus Stop on Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
The police allegedly caught the suspected armed robbers robbing road users but while their accomplices escaped, Eyo and the deceased were not that fortunate.
Police spokesperson Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent (SP), said the corpse has been deposited at the mortuary.
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Unexpected dismissal pushed me to crime – Suspect
An armed robbery suspect has confessed that he took to a life of crime following an unexpected dismissal from the job he laboured to get.
When in April 2016, said a source, a group of suspects robbed some expatriates and the case was reported at Lagos Command Special Anti-robbery Squad codenamed Federal SARS and all efforts to apprehend them failed, the case was transferred to the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IGP IRT). Briefed that the gang specialised in robbing Chinese expatriates, the intelligence team moved in and recovered a stolen telephone handset.
The phone, a Tecno C8, was traced to one Sunday Onuh at the Gbagada Estate. He confessed to the robbery, but sequel to his confession, five other suspects, including two operatives from the Mobile Police (MOPOL) and a dismissed policeman were rounded up.
Onuh operated with a gang of three members that included Jack and Murphy. The latter two are at large. All three are from Benue State. Onuh also worked with another gang led by Peter Owocho, aka ‘Owie’, Emmanuel Audu, Sgt. Onuh Francis, James Momoh and Sgt. Ochigbo Gabriel.
Also involved was a police detective. The gangs were alleged to have carried out robbery operations at Gbagada, Olusosun Estate in Ojota, Lekki and Medina, Gbagada.
The police recovered two locally made pistols, an iron rod, a cutter, MOPOL cap, jackknife, tear gas spray, engineers’ over-alls as well as Sienna Space Wagon and Toyota Camry cars. The gangs, who usually wore police uniforms, operated at daytime, disclosed the police.
They would threaten the Chinese with information that they (the Chinese) possessed drugs and weapons, and when allowed access into the apartment, they would rob the expatriates.
The first suspect, Onuh, aged 33 and married with a National Diploma (ND) in Business Administration, said: “After my school, I went to work for a hotel, and I worked for two years. I went to a security firm and was posted to the UK embassy in Oregun. I worked for three years, after which I lost my job. I bought a Toyota Sienna with the money I saved and with the money, I decided to get married.
“I live at Oworoshoki area of Lagos State. It was jack who led me to crime. I met him when I was preparing for my traditional wedding. He was into the game then and I was aware. I had lost my job. After the wedding, he told me that he would introduce me to a business. He told me that we would go to Chinese men’s houses and pretend to be engineers, and if they allowed us into their house, we would rob them.
“He also told me that if they were not at home, we would cut their doors open. Jack is a ‘chairman’, and he has several groups that he works with. He took me to just two operations, one was at Omole and the other was at Gbagada. We were three that went for the operation at Omole Estate and we opened the door with a cutter.
“There was no one in the house at the time we attacked. We stole phones, laptops and cash. I don’t know how much was robbed but I was given N500, 000 cash. At the Gbagada robbery, we wore over-alls and told the expatriates we wanted to repair the light. They opened their doors for us, and we went in and robbed them of their phones, laptop and money. I got N45, 000 as my share after the operation. The locally made revolver pistol using 9mm ammunition belonged to Jack, but he gave it to me for safe-keeping.
“When I was arrested after the policemen traced a phone we robbed from Gbagada to me, I told them that my gang wasn’t the only gang doing that same job and that I know one other gang led by one Peter who is also doing that job. I bought a fairly-used Camry ‘tiny light’ and I wanted to use it as taxi before I was arrested.”
The second suspect, Peter Owocho, 30, said: “I don’t have a paid job and I do domestic staff job most times. I have gone for robbery three times and it was one Nelly, who is from my area at Opkoku Local Government Area of Benue State, who introduced me to the gang. Nelly told me the Modus Operandi of his gang comprising fake policemen who normally went to the homes of Chinese men demanding to search their apartments on the allegation of drug trafficking.
“When they were allowed to come in, they would ransack the house and cart away valuable such as money, mobile phones, Ipads and laptops. He refused to allow me join their group. He said that he had given me the clue, and that I should go and form my own group. I got to know Francis Onuh through Nelly and he brought one Gabriel Ochigbo. Then I also contacted Emmanuel Audu, a dismissed police officer who came to me, and I told him about our plans. He brought James Momoh.
“Our first operation was at Olusosun in the Ojota area of Lagos State. First, we knocked on their door, and when they saw policemen, they opened the gate and allowed us in. The fake police officers with us told the foreigners that they suspected that they were involved in drug dealings. When they allowed us into their apartment, we searched and found three laptops, four phones and the sum of N700, 000 and $770.
“After the operation, we moved all the Chinese nationals into a room and locked them up before leaving. We shared the money among ourselves equally. I got N110, 000 and $100. The second operation was at Medina Estate, Gbagada, and when we went, we applied the same modus operandi. And we got two laptops, one Ipad and we shared N50, 000 each. The third operation was at Lekki, and we shared N25, 000 each. On June 7, 2016, James Momoh and I were apprehended. My brother called me and I was arrested.”
The third suspect, Francis Onu, 35, who claimed to be a serving policeman attached to MOPOL 23, said: “I work at the British Embassy. I am a sergeant, and I am married with three children. It was bad friends that led me to crime. I was staying with one of my late friends, Corporal Justin Igba, and he introduced me to some of his friends who normally went out to raid Chinese men with one Nelly and others. After he died, I left his house and moved to the British Embassy where I was posted to.
“In December 2015, I received a call from one Peter Owocho and he told me that one Nelly gave him my number to see me. I met him at Iyan-Oworo and he told me about the business. They also brought in one Sgt. Gabriel who is also a Mobile Policeman from Benue State. When we went for the operation, I had no gun, but I had a plastic pistol, a jackknife and tear gas. I would stand outside while the others would go inside and search the apartment.
“We normally shared our loot at Peter Oche’s house. I went out with them on three occasions before I was arrested. Getting involved in crime was a disgrace to my family.”
The fourth suspect, Sgt. Gabriel Ochigba, 32, who is married with four kids, said: “Onuh led me into the gang.”
The fifth suspect, Emmanuel Audu, 33, and a serving constable, claimed that he joined the police in 2003 and in 2009 was dismissed over illegal duty in Warri, Delta State. He said that he came to Lagos State and became a dispatch rider and did the job until last December. He was still looking for job when he met Peter and he got involved with the gang.
He also said that he lived at Ikorodu with his family, and after he got his first share of the loot, took care of his family with it and paid his children’s school fees. He confessed that he took part in all the operations but was arrested on June 7, 2015 when the police came and arrested him.
The sixth suspect, James Momoh, 18, said: “My dad is asthmatic. I lost my job where I was working with a man as a private driver. I borrowed money from someone to treat my dad.”
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Ladipo trader murder suspect remanded in prison
An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court yesterday remanded Monday Lawrence popularly known as ‘Ijoba’ in prison custody till August 18, following his arraignment by the police on a charge of the murder of a trader, Anene Utazi.
Ijoba, 43, was arrested by the police from Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos, and docked before Mrs. O. Kusanu.
He is standing trial on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, murder and causing grievous bodily harm.
According to the charge, with No K/41/2016, Ijoba and others at large conspired and committed the alleged offence last February 18, around 11am at Odo Aladura Area of Ladipo Auto Spare Parts Market, Mushin, Lagos.
He is accused of unlawfully causing the death of Utazi by attacking him with dangerous weapons and inflicting several machete cuts on him.
Ijoba and the others were also alleged to have caused grievous harm to Okudili Agada, Chinonso Chukwuam, Monday Nweke and Nwoye Emmanuel, all traders at the market, by attacking them with machetes on their foreheads.
Emmanuel was also allegedly stabbed by Ijoba with broken bottles “on all parts of his body.”
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I am not a rapist, claims suspect
•He raped me, woman alleges
Who is the man raping and maiming women in Ibeshe, Ikorodu, Lagos? The mystery over his identity deepened yesterday, as the man arrested last Sunday over the case, denied being the rapist.
But a victim, the police alleged, has identified him “as the one that raped her.”
Victor David, 32, was arrested at the palace of the Olu of Ibeshe, Oba Richard Ogunsanya after residents attempted to lynch him for allegedly being the rapist.
He was also accused of killing a teacher, Mrs Grace Jubreel, while attempting to rape her.
But David, who hails from Edo State claimed that he was being mistaken for the rapist, adding that, he was a bricklayer and has been working at the Lagos State Development Project Council (LSDPC) Estate at Owode, Ikorodu.
He said he went to the neighbourhood last Sunday at about 2pm to see his girlfriend, after leaving his friend, Babatunde Balogun (BALOO), at the bus stop.
David said: “This is very surprising to me. I have never raped anyone in my life and I do not even live in that area. I was with BALOO who is an engineer at the estate. That day I told him I was hungry and he promised to cook for us to eat after he broke his fast.
We went into the bush and cut vegetables. We sliced the vegetables together and we went to the market to buy foodstuff. When we got to the bus stop, I told him I wanted to see my girlfriend whom I just met on Thursday so that she can help us cook the vegetable soup.
“But he told me he is a Muslim and that it is a sin for a woman who isn’t his wife to cook for him during Ramadan. So, I told him I will join him later. It wasn’t long after I left him and went to Mary’s house which was at the bus stop that people just surrounded me claiming I was the rapist.
They asked me what I was doing in the neighbourhood and I told them I came to see my friend. The next thing they started beating me that I am Badoo; I told them I don’t know what they are talking about. I told them that I was with my friend and that we were just returning from the market where we went to buy foodstuff that his name is Baloo.
“Baloo came and told them he knew me. He even showed them the foodstuff but they didn’t believe us. They wanted to kill me and he ran to the palace to tell the chiefs. That was how he was paraded with me and we were accused of being the rapists. The estate is at Owode. If you take me there, you would see where I am living. I have been staying there since 2014. To God who made me, I have never raped anyone in my life. Even if my girlfriend asks me to stop, I would stop. Mary’s phone is bad. She stays at Ilaje bus-stop near one filling station. Just on Thursday, I saw her in the night and I toasted her and she took me to her house that night. I sat down with her in front of her house. Her mother is an old woman. There is one of her younger sisters there who was crying and when I asked her why she was crying, she said because they have not eaten anything.
“I was with N2200 and I had to give her N1000 to get something to eat. I even gave her sister N100 to buy corn. When everything got scattered, those people said they did not recognise me. I don’t know what to do. I am 32 and living at OwodeIbeshe. I am not Badoo. I do not even know the person. I am praying that the police should arrest him soon so that they can see I am innocent.”
Baloo affirmed that the whole community knows that they are looking for someone called Badoo but they do not know the person.
The police said the woman who visited the station on Monday, identified David as the rapist, stating:
“We have a woman that has identified him as the one that raped her. We have not seen anyone to talk on behalf of the dead woman. So, we are treating the case of rape now; if we are able to establish two or more people, we will charge him to court.
“For the other suspect (Baloo) we have to set him free because no one has identified him as being a rapist. He was only dragged into it because he came out to say he knew the man who was to be lynched. So far, there is nothing linking him to the case and we will have to let him go,” said police spokesperson, DolapoBadmos, a Superintendent (SP).
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I got N50,000 from abduction of two nuns, says suspect
A twenty-five-year-old suspect, Philip Isiga, who allegedly participated in the abduction of two reverend sisters in Ondo State, was at the weekend paraded by the police.
Isiga, who was paraded with some other suspected kidnappers nabbed for different offences, was said to have received N50,000 share from the N200,000 collected from the families of the victims.
The two nuns – Perpetual Apo and Roseline Familade – were kidnapped on May 15, with their driver, Mr. Zwugwa Zibai, on Benin-Ijebu Ode Expressway at Kajola village in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. They were released a week after.
Isiga, who is from Delta State, said he was introduced to kidnapping by one Ufoma.
Ufoma, who was the leader of the gang, has also been arrested and receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital.
The gang members were also alleged to have participated in other abductions in the state’s southern senatorial district.
Isiga said: “When my pure water business was not moving well again, Ufoma came to me and advised me to join him in his business. I didn’t know it was a kidnapping work. I stayed in the bush when they abducted the sisters
“Later, Ufoma told me he collected N200,000 from the family of the victims and he gave me N50,000 as my own share. “
Isiga, who lived at Idepe in Okitipupa Local Government Area, refused to reveal where they used to keep their victims.
He said only Ufoma could provide an answer to that.
Police Commissioner Mrs. Hilda Harrison said the command was already on the trail of other fleeing suspects, saying the one arrested would soon be arraigned in court.
She said: “I want to state that Ondo State has zero-tolerance for hoodlums and we will ensure that the state is free from all forms of criminalities. I, therefore, enjoin our people to always inform the police whenever they see any crime committed around them. “
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How we killed army officer in Kaduna, by suspect
The suspected killers of kidnapped Colonel Samaila Inusa, yesterday opened up on how they killed the later military officer.
The suspects were paraded by Kaduna State Police Commissioner Adamu Ibrahim.
Col. Inusa was abducted on the highway and taken away. His body was later found.
Prime suspect Emeka Okeke, 44, told reporters that they did not originally plan to kill the officer but he died during a struggle with the gun.
“Me and my group specialise in car snatching, we are not kidnappers,” Okoke said
Recounting how they attacked the officer, whose identity they did not know, he said: ”One Sunday evening, we were on patrol to snatch any vehicle we saw. It was in the process we saw Colonel Inusa’s vehicle coming from Police College down to Refinery Junction and we collected the car.
“ We immediately handed over the car to Dan-Sokoto and he took it away. Then, we took him to Abuja by-pass. I asked him to lie down and relax his mind, because we were only interested in the car, not his life.
“I told him, you are bigger than this car, and if you live, you will buy another car’. Shortly after then, he said he wanted to drink water, so I went to the car to bring pure water for him. As I bent down to give him the water, the man snatched the gun from me and quickly removed the magazine.
“But one bullet was already in the panel. So, he was holding the gun butt and I was holding the mouth. So, we were dragging the gun. At a point, the gun was facing me and he attempted to pull the trigger, but he could not do that and I succeeded in turning the gun in his direction. He pulled the trigger and fired himself.
“So, I told him, you know I didn’t want to kill you, but you have killed yourself now. But that man nearly killed me.” He said.
Asked where his gang members were when he was dragging the gun with the Colonel, Okeke said, they all ran away.
He added that one week after, they started reading on the pages of newspapers and on social media that the man they killed was a senior military officer.
Asked how much they sold the car, Okeke said: “they gave us N800,000 and we shared.
Okeke and his gang members – Kabir Ibrahim 23, Chijoke Ogwuanye 41 and Ekene Precious 43 – were tracked down in Gonin-Gora area of Kaduna.
Commissioner of Police Adamu Ibrahim paraded other suspected car snatchers, armed robbers, cattle rustlers and others.
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Suspect: I spend my money on prostitutes
Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives have arrested two suspected pickpockets operating in Maryland and Mile 12 for alleged pick pocketing.
The suspects, Taoreed Ashimiyu, 24, and Kayode Jolaade, 34, were caught after allegedly removing three phones from commuters in different Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) buses last Friday.
Following their arrival at the RRS Headquarters at Alausa, Ikeja, they were said to have confessed that they were experts in robbing commuters in Mile 12 and Maryland.
Ashimiyu, who hails from Yemetu, Alawada in Oyo State, was quoted as saying that he spent the proceeds from stealing on prostitutes.
“I have not spent a dime from my proceeds on anything tangible. I womanise a lot and I spend my money on both young and old ladies. I smoke Indian-hemp and drink all sorts of hard drinks,” he was quoted by RRS as saying.
He told RRS that before his arrest, he had removed two mobile phones from commuters during a rush at Maryland bus stop, adding that his third attempt led to his arrest.
“My accomplice caused my arrest today. Before he joined me at Maryland, I had stolen two phones successfully. But when he came around, we had to be moving in pairs. People who had known him in the area were monitoring us, unknown to us. I went for another victim and removed money from his pocket. But I never knew the pupils who saw us together have started monitoring me too.
“The pupils after monitoring our operations for some time started chasing me. On sighting them, I took to my heels. They were many, they caught up with me and started beating me. I managed to escape from them and ran to join a moving Bus Rapid Transport (BRT).
“As I was attempting to board, I saw a guy at the entrance who was trying to assist me in getting into the bus, unknown to him that I was being chased by some people. In the process of helping me, I dipped my hand in his pocket and removed his phone, and jumped down but he didn’t know I had equally removed his phone.
“As I jumped down, the pupils continued chasing me. When I had no option left, I tried to cross the expressway but unfortunately for me I was knocked down by a truck.
“There I was, writhing in pain on the highway. People thought I was dead, my unconsciousness on the highway has caused traffic, I opened my eyes to see RRS men, who arrested me,” he said.
Jolaade said he was lured into the crime after losing his job at a private security firm in Lagos.
He was quoted as saying: “I tried all means to get a new job but to no avail. Then, I chose to be following pickpockets to hide their stolen phones and other items. Occasionally, I did steal when the opportunity came. In fact, I seriously regret my action and for taking to crime.”
A victim, Omotoye Ayodeji, said he had no knowledge that his phone had been removed until he got to his bus stop in Ketu when he was about to alight from the bus, adding: “The thief must be very smart. I saw him dangling at the entrance of the bus, and I assisted him to get into the bus for him not to fall off from the moving vehicle. Surprisingly, I only noticed that he jumped down again. But while alighting at Ketu, I couldn’t find my phone anymore. Then, I now remembered the guy who jumped down from the bus. Possibly, he might have removed my phone. I took another bus back to Maryland, and luckily for me, I found him in the middle of the road writhing in pain. I asked him of my phone, he told me he had passed it to his accomplice, who was later arrested”.
Police spokesperson Dolapo Badmus, a Superintendent (SP), said the suspects have been charged to court.
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Suspect, 30, remanded for murder
Chief Magistrate Court in Akure, the Ondo State capital, yesterday remanded a 30-year-old man, Sunkanmi Gabriel, at Olokuta Minimum Prison for allegedly stabbing Ojo Akintoye (25) to death with a broken bottle.
Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred around 6am at the Oloko Car Park in Akure on March 4.
The accused, who appeared before Magistrate Mrs. Victoria Bob-Manuel, is facing one count charge of murder.
Gabriel, whose plea was not taken, was represented by Adelanke Akinata.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Martins Olowofeso, urged the court to adjourn the case to enable him send the duplicate file to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
He prayed the court to remand the accused in prison, pending advice from the DPP.
Mrs. Bob-Manuel ordered that Gabriel be remanded in prison.
She ordered the police to submit the compiled case file and its duplicate to the court’s clerk.
The magistrate, thereafter, adjourned the case till May 2.