In Ibadan, the Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court has sent 11 men to jail because they are accused of armed robbery.
These men are:
- Musa Abdulahi, 23 years old
- Abdulahi Sodiq, 26 years old
- Umaru Dama, 27 years old
- Usman Sule, 23 years old
- Sule Abubakar, 21 years old
- Muhammadu Abdulahi, 30 years old
- Muhammed Bello, 25 years old
- Musa Amu, 22 years old
- Muhammed Abdulahi, 23 years old
- Abu Abdulahi, 30 years old
- Muhammadu Abubakar, 28 years old
All these men are being tried for armed robbery.
The judge, Mrs. Gladys Oladele, did not ask them to plead because this court does not have the authority to handle this case.
She told the police to send the files to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.
She postponed the case to November 14.
The police officer in charge, Inspector Femi Omilana, explained to the court that these men committed the crime on September 13 around 9:00 a.m. in the Saki area of Oyo State.
He said the men had guns and cutlasses when they robbed two people.
They took goods worth N340,000.
They stole three bags of Soya beans worth N60,000 from Mr. Moshood Isau and took a motorcycle worth N280,000 from Mr. Ibrahim Yuma.
Their actions break the law as stated in Section 1 (2)(a)(b) of the Robbery and Firearms Laws of Nigeria, 2004.
