Saturday, September 21, 2024 Eleven men who allegedly robbed two people of goods valued at N340,000 while armed with a gun and cutlasses in Saki area of Oyo State were remanded at a correctional facility by an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan
The 11 suspects were arraigned on one count
charge of armed robbery.
They were identified as Musa Abdulahi, 23,
Abdulahi Sodiq, 26, Umaru Dama, 27, Usman Sule, 23, Sule Abubakar, 21,
Muhammadu Abdulahi, 30, Muhammed Bello, 25 and Musa Amu, 22.
The others are, Muhammed Abdulahi, 23, Abu
Abdulahi, 30 and Muhammadu Abubakar, 28.
The Magistrate, Mrs Gladys Oladele, did not
take the plea of the defendants for want of jurisdiction.
She directed the police to return the case
file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.
She thereafter adjourned the case until
Nov. 14 for mention.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Femi Omilana,
told the court that the defendants committed the offence on Sept. 13, at 9.00
a.m., at Saki area of Oyo State.
Omilana said the defendants while armed with
a gun and cutlasses, robbed two people of goods valued at N340,000.
According to him, the defendants stole three
bags of Soya beans worth N60,000 from one Mr Moshood Isau and a motorcycle
worth N280,000 from one Mr Ibrahim Yuma.
He said the offence contravened Section 1
(2)(a)(b) of the Robbery and Firearms Laws of Nigeria, 2004.
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