Court remands 8 men over attempted murder
An Igbosere chief magistrate court, Lagos, has ordered the remand of eight suspects who were charged with attempted murder and four other offences. The suspects – Akinmuleya Abiye, 45; Juni Yagba, 48; Yusuf Agunbiade, 21; Taiwo Omosehin, 48; Ola Omosowone, 35; Samuel Agunyebi, 28; Michael Aladetan, 40, and Okunomo Tomola, 30 – were charged before […]
An Igbosere chief magistrate court, Lagos, has ordered the remand of eight suspects who were charged with attempted murder and four other offences.
The suspects – Akinmuleya Abiye, 45; Juni Yagba, 48; Yusuf Agunbiade, 21; Taiwo Omosehin, 48; Ola Omosowone, 35; Samuel Agunyebi, 28; Michael Aladetan, 40, and Okunomo Tomola, 30 – were charged before Magistrate B. I. Bakare with conspiracy, attempted murder, malicious damage of buildings, unlawful assault and conduct likely to breach public peace.
Upon the reading of the charge to all the defendants, Magistrate Bakare noted that part of the charges against the defendants bordered on attempted murder, which his court did not have the jurisdiction to entertain, and directed the prosecution to apply for remand warrant, in line with section 264 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Laws (ACJL) of Lagos State, 2015.
Following the magistrate’s directive, the prosecutor, Barrister Morufu Animashaun, orally applied for the remand of all the defendants pending when the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) will issue an advice on the particular charge.
Upon the application made by the prosecutor, Bakare ordered that all the defendants be remanded in prison custody till November 29, 2018 when the DPP was expected to have issued his advice on the charge.
In charging the case to court on Tuesday, the prosecutor, Barrister Animashaun, told the court that the Special Enquiry Bureau (SEB) of the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (FCIID), Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos, received a petition from one Omoshola Segun, wherein it was alleged that all the suspects and some others now at large invaded the Ito-Agan community, Tin Can Island, Apapa, Lagos.
Animashaun told the court that upon receiving the petition, the SEB, led by Deputy Commissioner of Police Samuel Olukayode, investigated the petition and found all the suspects culpable of the alleged crimes and charges were preferred against them.
In the charge marked P/99/18, the police alleged that all the eight suspects on or about August 26, 2018, at Itan-Agan community, conspired among themselves to commit felony, to wit attempted murder.
They were alleged to have attempted to kill Omoshola Segun, Lot Ikuesan and Abudu Adekunle. They were also alleged to have unlawfully and maliciously damaged three buildings belonging to Omoshola Segun, Abudu Adekule and Asemudara Alaba, which were valued at N47.5 million.
The police also alleged that all the suspects unlawfully assaulted one Olorunyomi Elejuawa and a police Inspector, Ogundipe Oluwaseyi, who was said to be on an official duty to make peace.