Court remands contractor over alleged robbery
Robbery
By Vivian Ibobo
Ikeja, Sept. 7, 2018 (NAN) A contractor, Lucky Omogbai, 40, is to spend the next 14 days in prison pending legal advice on his case in which he is standing trial for allegedly robbing a woman of N700,000 cash at gunpoint.
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos gave the ruling on Friday.
The magistrate, Mrs M. I. Dan-Oni, directed that the case file be sent to the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.
She adjourned the case till Sept. 20, when the matter will come up for mention.
Omogbai, who resides at No. 37, Unity Estate, Ibie Badagry Expressway, Lagos, is being tried for conspiracy and robbery.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Victor Eruada, told the court that Omogbai committed the offences with others still at large on May 4, at Rice Market Junction, Igbelerin, Okokomaiko, Lagos while on a motorcycle.
He said that Omogbai and his accomplices robbed Mrs Patience Eluma, of her handbag which contained N700, 000 cash.
The prosecutor said that the accused was armed with a gun.
Eruada said that Eluma, was on her way back from the bank where she had gone to withdraw the cash when she was attacked by Omogbai who was later apprehended by the police attached to the bank.
The prosecutor said that the offences contravened Sections 297 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised). (NAN)
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Edited by Nick Nicholas/Maharazu Ahmed