The police have named a former bank manager and businessman, Olufemi Olushakin, in an armed robbery case brought before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ibadan, Oyo state.
Mr Olushakin, along with two others, was named as a suspect in an armed robbery that took place at Global Signature Hotel in Ibadan about 5 p.m. on 13 December.
The police charged the two co-suspects, Ayomide Akanni and David Adewale, with two counts of armed robbery and assault, while stating that Mr Olushakin remained at large.
On Thursday (19 December), the police arraigned Mr Akanni and Mr Adewale before a chief magistrate in Ibadan, Giwa Babalola, who subsequently ordered them to be remanded at the Agodi Correctional Center in Ibadan.
They pleaded not guilty.
Given that the magistrate’s court lacks jurisdiction over an armed robbery case, the arraignment was a stop-gap measure to secure a court’s order for the remand of the suspects pending a review to determine if there is sufficient evidence to prosecute the charge at the High Court.
According to the charge sheet, the suspects allegedly conspired to commit armed robbery on 13 December at the Global Signature Hotel located beside Enyo Petrol Station, New Gbagi Road, Ibadan, Oyo state.
The filing said the offence was “punishable under section 6 (b) of the robbery and firearms (Special Provision) Act Cap R II Vol. 14 Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004.”Nigerian cuisine
In the second count, the police alleged that the suspects, armed with “dangerous weapons,” attacked the hotel manager, Akinola Dare, and dispossessed him of over N2 million that belonged to the hotel.
The count said the suspects “thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 1 (2) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provision) Act Cap R II Vol. 14 laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004.”
(Premium Times)
