Court remands two men for alleged armed robbery

An Ikeja, Lagos State Chief Magistrates’ Court ordered that two men be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for alleged armed robbery.

The police charged Abdullahi Abiodun, 24, and Victor Ifeta, 25, whose residential addresses were not given, with armed robbery.

The Chief Magistrate, O. O. Fajana, did not take the plea of the suspects.

Fajana ordered the prosecution counsel to send the case file to the Lagos State Department of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.

She adjourned the case until July 19 for hearing.

Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Inspector Kenrich Namayo, told the court that the suspects, armed with knives, robbed Opeyemi Mohammed, a businessman, and his customers of an undisclosed amount of money.

Nomayo told the court that the suspects committed the offence with others, who are at large, on May 25, 2021 at 12:45pm at 205, Eyi Plaza, Cele Bus Stop, Egbeda, Lagos.

The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of sections 297(1) (2) (a) (b) and 299 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.

The sections stipulate 21 years’ imprisonment for armed robbery if found guilty.