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AN Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Thursday ordered the remand of two men, Mohammed Sanni and Kabiru Umar, who allegedly conspired, wore army uniform and robbed a motorist fixing his deflated tyre.
Chief Magistrate Mrs. A. O. Akinde did not take the pleas of Sanni and Umar, aged 26 and 27.
She ordered that they be kept at the Kirikiri Custodial Centre pending the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Akinde adjourned the case till February 3.
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Prosecuting Sergeant Chekube Okeh said that the defendants committed the offences last December 3 at Obanikoro bus stop on Ikorodu Road, Lagos.
He alleged that the defendants robbed Mr. Phillip Agbe of N20,000 while they were armed with a dagger and wearing army uniform.
The prosecutor told the court that Agbe was fixing a deflated tyre of his car when the defendants accosted him.
The alleged offences contravene sections 77, 296 and 297 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
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