Two men have reportedly killed their friends, Segun Zusu, over 36 bags of rice, which he was conveying from Seme.
The suspects, Noah Tovohome and Rajay Zannu, which were dragged before a Magistrate’s Court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos State, were remanded to a correctional centre.
The order was delivered by Magistrate Linda Balogun on Tuesday on two counts bordering on murder.
The court was informed that the suspects connived with the boat driver who was conveying Zusu’s goods to kill him and steal the bags of rice.
The group of friends were said to have used a plank to beat Zusu up, and threw him inside the river around 2 am, at Novo River in Seme and later carried the bags of rice to Badagry, sold them for about N1.4m to a businesswoman and shared the money.
According to the police prosecutor, Chekwube Okeh, the act was perpetrated on November 12, 2023.
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Okeh told the court that the offence contravenes Section 222 and is punishable under Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
The charges read in part, “That you, Noah Tovohome, 27, Rajay Zannu, 38 and others at large, on November 12, 2023, around 2 am, at Novo River, Seme, Lagos State, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did unlawfully kill one 26-year-old Segun Zusu, by hitting a plank on his head and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 222 and punishable under Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.”
The pleas of the defendants were not taken.
Okeh prayed the court to remand them to a correctional centre pending the outcome of legal advice from the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
Magistrate Balogun granted the prayer and ordered that the defendant be remanded to the Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending the outcome of legal advice from the DPP.
Balogun also adjourned the case till January 22, 2024, for the DPP’s advice.