Tuesday, August 19, 2025 - Lagos State Police Command has arraigned four security guards before the Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, sitting at Tinubu, for allegedly burgling their employer’s residence and carting away valuables worth N100 million.
The defendants, Natufo Olufemi, Tomiwa Teojon, Uche Peter,
and Adam Mohammed, alleged to be the receiver of the stolen items were accused
of breaking into the home of Princess Chichi Ojei in GRA, Ikeja, while she was
away.
According to the charge sheet, the incident occurred between
January and July 2025 at 11A/11B Sasegbon Street, GRA, Ikeja, where the guards
allegedly conspired to ransack the property. The stolen items were reportedly
sold to Mohammed, after which the guards disappeared.
Upon her return, Princess Ojei discovered her residence had
been vandalised and her guards had fled. She immediately petitioned the
Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2 Command, AIG Adegoke Fayoade, who
ordered a discreet investigation. Acting on intelligence, detectives traced the
suspects to a hideout in Lagos and arrested them.
The defendants were subsequently charged with conspiracy,
burglary, and stealing, offences contrary to and punishable under Sections 411,
307, 287, and 410 of the Lagos State Criminal Law, 2015.
During the proceedings, Police Prosecutor ASP Ibrahim Haruna
told the court that the defendants “deliberately breached the trust of their
employer by conspiring to steal her property.”
The four defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the
charges.
Presiding Chief Magistrate O.O. Olatunji granted each
defendant bail in the sum of N5 million, with two sureties in like sum, and
adjourned the matter until October 17, 2025, for further hearing.
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