Operatives of the Zone 2 Command, Lagos have arrested four suspected Lagos Island property speculators and charged them before the Igbosere Magistrate’s Court sitting at the Tinubu Magistrate’s Court, Lagos Island for allegedly unlawfully demolishing a three storey building valued at N250m located at 10, Idita Street, Lagos Island belonging to Mrs Air at Laguda.
Police said that the defendants also stole the complainant’s electrical appliances, furnitures, jewelries and other properties valued at N100m and escaped.
Police identified the defendants as Okunola Adisa Ismail, 42; Tunde Titilope, 40; Abass Lamidi,38; Afeez Rokeeb, 31; Jamiu Oyerinde,34, and Michael Aiyedegba, 24.
Police further alleged that the defendants unlawfully entered into the property of the complainant to demolish the building and stole the properties for no just cause.
Police said that following the ugly incident, the complainant, Mrs Laguda petitioned the Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG incharge of Zone 2 Command, Lagos,AIG Durosimi Olatoye who swiftly gave a marching order to his crack team to fish out the perpetrators of the act anywhere they might be hiding.
The Police team through intelligence gathering tracked the defendants and arrested them at various hideout in Lagos.
And after investigation by SGT. Olaniyi Olarewaju and team, the defendants were charged before the Tinubu Magistrate’s Court on a four count charge bordering on malicious damage, willful demolition, stealing and conducts likely to cause breach of peace....[CONTINUE READING HERE ▶▶]
Police prosecuting Counsel,ASP Francis Igbinosa told the Court in the charge marked B/24/2024 that the defendants committed the offence at 10, Idita Street, Lagos Island,Lagos.
Igbinosa informed the court that the defendants took the law into their hands, unlawfully entered into the complainant’s property to demolished the building valued at N250m and stole properties valued at N100m and escaped before they were arrested through tracking.
He said the offences, the defendants committed were punishable under sections 411,168(6),348 and 278 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges and Magistrate, Mr B.A Sonuga granted them N3m bail each with two surties each in like sum.
Sonuga adjourned the case till 21 August, 2024 for mention and ordered that the defendants be detained at the Ikoyi correctional facility till they perfected the bail conditions.