Posted on: 07:26 Fri, 18 Mar 2016



The six men, who allegedly took
part in the kidnap of three girls
from Babington Macaulay Junior
Seminary School located in
Ikorodu, were on Friday remanded
at Ikoyi Prisons on the order of an
Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’
Court, Lagos.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs O.I.
Adelaja, who gave the order, said
the accused should be remanded in
prison pending advice from the
State Director of Public
Prosecutions (DPP). The accused,
Emmanuel Arigidi, 37; Gift Pius,
30; Fred Omoni, 32; Geofrey Owei,
28; Seun Akanji, 33; and Segun
James, 29 are facing a five-count
charge bordering on conspiracy,
kidnap, being armed with offensive
weapons and robbery.

Mr G.O. Osuyi, a counsel from the
Criminal Investigations
Department, Panti, Lagos, said the
accused conspired with others still
at large on Feb. 25 at Maya under
the bridge along Ikorodu-Imota
Road, to kidnap three girls from the
college.

He said the accused, armed with AK
47, also robbed the Principal of the
college, Ven. Olaoluwa Adeyemi of
the sum of N5.6 million. Osuyi
alleged that the 1st accused,
Emmanuel Arigidi, who was armed
with AK 47 on March 12, 2015 at
Admiralty Way, Lekki, robbed one
of the new generation banks at
Ikorodu area and made away with
N24.5 million.

Arigidi is alleged to be one of the
robbers who unleashed terror in
Ikorodu area and robbed several
banks in 2015. Counsel to the
accused, Mr Ola Ogunbiyi,
however, did not oppose their
remand in prison.

The offences contravened Sections
269(1), 295 (2) and 409 and of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011
In which section 295 (2) provides a
death penalty for the offenders.
The case has been adjourned to
April 25.
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