By Onozure Dania
The police, on Tuesday, dropped at court docket two males, who, on February 22, broke right into a Lagos decide’s home in Ikoyi, stealing $1,000, N250,000, 4 wristwatches, a 50-inch tv, two shirts and two pairs of footwear.
The suspects — Friday Eze and Anuoluwa Adeware — alongside their alleged accomplices, Rasaq Bolaji and Beatrice Elom, have been arraigned on 15 counts earlier than the Federal Excessive Courtroom in Lagos.
In keeping with the cost by the police, Eze and Adewale, alongside one Monday Uvi and others nonetheless at massive, invaded the decide’s residence armed with a Beretta pistol, a cutlass and a cudgel and disposed him of his belongings.
Sequence of robberies
Other than robbing within the Lago decide’s home, the gang, in numerous operations, robbed one Mr and Mrs Odunlami, one Montego Oil Firm, one Dr Matthias Kelvin and Olukemi Kelvin and one Damilola Akinwale.
They have been stated to have invaded the house of the Odunlamis at Parkview Property, Ikoyi, on January 14, dispossessing the couple, at gunpoint, of three telephones, two wristwatches, all valued at N1.5 million, gold jewelry valued at N60m; and money sums of £680,000, $50,000 and N306,000.
In one other operation on January 27, the gang broke into the workplace of Montego Oil Firm in lkoyi, making away with a laptop computer valued at N589,000; one other laptop computer valued at N128,000; and one TB exterior drive, price N15,000.
Additionally, on March 6, 2020, they invaded the house of Dr Matthias Kelvin in Ikoyi, robbing him of 4 telephones, one pill, three one laptop computer, two laptop computer chargers and a wristwatch.
Olukemi Kelvin was robbed of 1 telephone price N400,000; one other valued at N50,000, one valued at N800,000, one pill valued at N400,000; a sound system valued at N1 million; in addition to jewelry, wristwatch and necklace valued at N900,000.
Equally, in a March 6 operation, the gang swooped on one Damilola Akinwale on Alexander Street, Ikoyi, dispossessing her of 1 telephone valued at N550,000, one other valued at N250,000 and a money sum of N100,000.
The cost
The police, within the cost sheet, alleged that 34-year-old Eze and 35-year-old Adeware carried out their armed theft operations on the counsel of the third defendant, 50-year-old Bolaji, who conveyed them in a green-coloured automobile to the websites of the operations and again to their totally different homes.
The fourth defendant, 55-year-old Beatrice Elom, was accused of receiving N2.4m “being proceeds from armed theft operations” from Eze, “an individual you already know or have cause to know that he doesn’t have means.”
The prosecution stated defendants acted opposite to and have been liable to punishment below Part 1(2)(a) and (b) of the Theft and Firearms (Particular Provision) Act Cap R11 Legal guidelines of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004.
Nevertheless, upon their arraignment earlier than Justice Ayokunle Faji, they pleaded not responsible to all the 15 counts pressed in opposition to them.
The prosecuting counsel for the police, J. I. Eboseremen, prayed the court docket for trial date and an order remanding the defendants within the jail custody.
The defence counsel, Sodiq Sulaimon, famous that he can be filling bail purposes for his purchasers.
Justice Faji, whereas adjourning the case until September 28, directed the events to file written addresses to persuade him that the Federal Excessive Courtroom had jurisdiction to listen to the case.
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