Court Remands 3 Persons For Robbing Senator In Osun

An Osun State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo has remanded three suspects arraigned by the police for allegedly robbing the senator representing Osun West Senatorial District, Adelere Oriolowo.

The three accused persons: Muslim Saheed (aged 38), Kazeem Ganiyu (Aged 43), and Olaleye Olawale (23) were arraigned by the police on two counts bordering on conspiracy and armed robbery.

Advertisement

The prosecutor, Mr John Idoko,
informed the court, “that the three accused person and others now at large on the 24th day of October 2020 at about 7am at Senator Adelere Adeyemi Oriolowo’s Farm and Residence, Iwo, did conspire and armed themselves with cutlasses, iron rods, sticks, and other dangerous weapons and rob Senator Adelere Oriolowo ‘m’ of six plasma television sets, mattresses, kitchen utensils, agro-allied materials, and chemicals imported valued (#2,000,000), dresses, cable network decoders, deep freezers, milk processing machines, rice processing machines, tiling machines, and other valuables.”

He noted that the offense committed contravened Section 1(1)(2)(a)(b) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act Cap RII Vol. 14 Laws of Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

The plea of the three defendants was not taken.

Chief Magistrate Modupe Awodele transferred the case to Iwo Magistrate Court and adjourned the matter to November 4, 2020.

Advertisement

She ordered that they should be remanded in Ilesha Correctional Center.

Leave a comment

Advertisement