Court Remands Property Developer in Prison over Alleged Armed Robbery

Ladipo Sanusi/

An Igbosere Chief Magistrate’s court, in Lagos has ordered the remand of a property developer, Felix Ezeamama, in prison custody over alleged armed robbery, attempted murder and unlawful damages.

Chief Magistrate Abimbola Komolafe gave the order, following a remand application brought and argued before the Court by the Officer-in-Charge Legal Department of the State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti-Yaba, Lagos, CSP Effiong Asuquo.

Urging the Court to remand the suspect, the prosecutor said that application was brought pursuant to Section 264 (1,2) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State 2015, which enables the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPO) to issue legal advice on allegations levelled against the suspect.

The suspect, according to the prosecutor, in a charge attached to the remand application, is to face charges bordering on armed robbery, attempted murder and wilful and unlawful damage.

At the hearing of the remand application today, CSP Asuquo informed the Court that the suspect with others now at large, while armed with guns, cutlasses, sledge hammers and other dangerous weapons, invaded a property located at 41, Alfred Rewane Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, and demolished it.

He added that in the course of demolishing the said property, the suspect attempted to kill one Alhaja Halima Abubakar and her 91-year-old mother, and also carted away £7000, $5000 and N5million as well as some jewellery.

Asuquo claimed that the suspect had on several occasions evaded police invitations on the allegations, but was recently arrested following a warrant issued by Chief Magistrate O. O. Oshin, of the same court.

He urged the Court to grant the application.

After listening to the submission of the prosecutor, the magistrate ordered the remand of the suspect in prison custody for the first 30 days, pending when the DPP will issue an advice on the matter.

The matter has been adjourned till June 30.

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