An Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State ordered that a 20-year-old man, Jerome Yonweli, who allegedly kidnapped a woman and her six-month-old baby be remanded in Ikoyi Correctional Centre, pending legal advice.
The police charged Yonweli with conspiracy, kidnap and demand for ransom.
The Magistrate, Adeniyi Ajiferuke, remanded the defendant at the Nigeria Correctional Centre pending legal advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions.
Ajiferuke adjourned the case until April 21 for DPP advice.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Inspector Dooney Raphael, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on February 16 at about 4am at Alogba Estate, Zone D, Ikorodu.
He alleged that the defendant abducted Oluwatoyin Makinde and her six-month-old baby and kept them in his custody for three days and demanded N1 million ransom from her husband before their release.
Raphael said the offence contravened the provisions of sections 2, 2(i) and 3 of the Kidnapping Prohibition Laws of Lagos State, 2017, which stipulates life imprisonment for convicted offenders.
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