A Lagos High Court, sitting at Ikeja has ordered the remand of a 27-year-old female officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Amarachukwu Asonta and her colleague, Adebayo Ajayi, 32, in a correctional facility over the alleged armed robbery.
The judge made the order after they pleaded not guilty to a two counts charge of conspiracy and armed robbery filed against them by the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).
The NSCDC officers and others now at large allegedly committed the offences on January 30, 2018, along Yaya Abatan Road, Ogba, Lagos armed with guns and other offensive weapons.
They allegedly highjacked an Iveco container truck with registration no; LSR746XD.
which was carrying 1,700 cartons of Chelsea and Action Bitters drinks valued at N2.7 million, waybills, mobile phones and an unspecified cash sum, contrary to Sections 297(2)(b) and 299 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
While urging the court to remand the suspects at the Correctional Centre, the Prosecution led by the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Dr. Jide Martins, told the Court that the Defendants have been evading the court before the court issued a bench warrant for their arrest.
According to the Prosecuting Counsel, the first defendant (Asonta) was arrested with the aid of the NSCDC.
On his part, the Defence Counsel, Dapo Daramola, submitted told the court that he had filed an application for the Defendants’ bail.
Trial Judge, Hon. Justice Oyindamola Ogala, accordingly ordered that the Defendants be remanded in the Correctional Centre and adjourned the hearing of their bail application to February 23, 2022.
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