AFRICA

Court Remands 18-Year-Old Armed Robbery Suspect in Kogi

A Magistrate Court sitting in Lokoja has remanded an 18-year-old suspect, Ibrahim Musa, for criminal conspiracy and armed robbery.

Musa was dragged before the Magistrate court by State Security Service SSS for committing an offence punishable under Section 298 of Kogi State administration Criminal Justice .

The Prosecution counsel, Yahaya Olanrewaju has filed experte motion and supported by 18 paragraph affidavit seeking application for an order of honourable Court to remand the suspect , Ibrahim Musa in the Custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services Koton Karfe.

Olanrewaju also supported his argument with sections 291 and 292 of the Kogi State Administration of Criminal Justice and under the jurisdiction of the Court.

The Counsel pointed out that on the 21stJuly , 2024 , Ibrahim Musa was arrested at Felele in Lokoja Lacal government area for belong to a gang of armed robbery syndicate from Abuja terrorising Federal University community , Lokoja.

Musa was said to have been arrested with 9 android phones stolen from their victims while his gang members fled scene immediately .

The Counsel explained that during the investigations some victim of the private lodges came to the SSS office to identify their phones and collected 7 out of the 9 stolen phones.

The Victims also told the story of how they attacked with machete and other dangerous weapon by the armed robbers before taken away their phones

“The Suspect also volunteered in his statement claiming that he belongs the 8 gang armed robbers who based in Mararaba , Abuja.
Musa was caught in the act while other took to theirs”, the counsel posited.

In ruling , the presiding Judge Mopa Andullahi granted the prosecution counsel’s application to remand the suspect in custody of Koton Karfe Medium correctional centre.

He stated that “having heard the the experte motion and the 18 paragraphs affidavit and having seen the merit in the application “I hereby granted the order seeking to remand the suspect for only 14 day and be returned act court on the 12th day of August 2024.

Ibrahim Oyewale