Two suspected area boys, Idris Ayinla, aka Western, and Gbenga Taiwo, aka Sooku, have been remanded in prison for alleged murder, rape and armed robbery, in the Oyingbo and Yaba areas of the state.
The duo were sent to the facility by Mr. Folarin Williams of a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ebute Metta, Lagos State following their arraignment by the Lagos State Police Command on eight counts of attempted murder, murder, rape and armed robbery on Friday.
The defendants were accused of stabbing one Ojo Emmanuel to death with a knife on September 22, 2022, around 1:15 pm at Kano Street bus stop, Herbert Marcauley Way, in the Yaba area of the state.
They were also suspected to have threatened and raped a lady on the same day and at the same place and time.
The defendants were also accused of stealing over N5.5m from one Omotayo Edegbami on August 22, 2022, at Total petrol station, and from one Richie Wale on September 3, around 8.10 pm at No 1 Library Road, all in Oyingbo, the Yaba area of the state.
The charge reads in part, “That you, Idris Ayinla, aka Western, Gbenga Taiwo, aka Sooku, and others still at large, on August 22, 2022, around 1:15 pm at Kano Street bus stop, Herbert Macaulay Way, Oyingbo, Yaba, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire among yourself to commit felony to wit armed robbery, murder, rape, attempted murder and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 411 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2015.”
The defendants’ pleas were not taken.
The police prosecutor, Orobosa Osagiede, prayed the court to remand the defendants in prison custody pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution.
His request was granted by Williams.
The case was adjourned till February 13, 2023.
