A Sabo, Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos on Monday remanded former Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s chef, Victor Abayomi, for allegedly stealing valuables worth millions at his Ikoyi residence.
The Chief Magistrate, Peter Nwaka, ordered the remand of the defendant for 30 days in Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
Nwaka adjourned the case until April 8, 2024 for investigation and presentation of facts.
Abayomi, whose house address was not provided, is standing trial on a two-court charge of conspiracy and theft.
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Earlier, the legal officer, Joshua Babalola, in employment of the Department of State Services, told the court that Abayomi and some others still at large committed the offences at the residence of the former governor.
Babalola alleged that the defendant carted away valuable items worth millions of naira from his employer’s residence at Ikoyi.
He said the defendant absconded to Old Garage, Molorundo Local Government Area, Osun State, where he was arrested by Ambode’s DSS on March 7.
The offences, Babalola said, contravened sections 287 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.