An Ado-Ekiti chief magistrate court has remanded a 22-year-old man, Temitope Olaboni, in a custodial centre over alleged armed robbery. The defendant, who is of no fixed address, is standing trial on a charge of armed robbery. The prosecutor, Insp. Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on November 15, in Ido-Ekiti.
He said that the defendant went to the house of one Alausa Muheedeen, with a locally-made gun and robbed him of the sum of N350,000, adding that he also searched the complainant’s car and took away N50,000 belonging to him. The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 402(2) of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012. He urged the court to remand the defendant in prison pending legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
The defendant’s plea was however not taken as the Chief Magistrate, Mr Adesoji Adegboye, ordered that he be remanded and adjourned the case till January 17, 2020 for mention. (NAN)
