At least three men have been arrested by the Ogun State Command of the So-Safe Corps over criminal activities bordering on burgling warehouses in the state.
The syndicate’s arrest was announced by the So-Safe Commander, Soji Ganzallo, who said they were arrested by officers of the corps at Igere Post, during a routine patrol at about 11:45 pm on Sunday, June 4, 2023.
Ganzallo, who spoke through the corps Spokesman, Moruf Yusuf, said the men burgled one Power Gas Company, Igere, Opic Estate, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The suspects were identified as 40-year-old Amachi John, 41-year-old Moses Lazarus and Chidi Peter, 27.
The commander said the suspects were caught after they had successfully burgled the said company, stating that efforts are ongoing to arrest others at large.
One cabin lorry marked SMK334XD, with an inscription, ‘Chijioke’, on the front, assorted iron fibres, one aluminum door, and some iron pipes were reportedly recovered from the suspects.
Ganzallo said the suspects and the items recovered had been transferred to the police in Agbara Area Command for further investigation and likely prosecution.
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Meanwhile, a 38-year-old man, Raphael Agu, has been remanded in the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, Lagos State, for alleged murder.
Agu was brought before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Yaba Lagos on Tuesday on two counts of murder.
The defendant was accused of allegedly stabbing his friend, Stanley Ugo, in the stomach with a knife on May 25, 2023, during a fight in the Ogudu area of the state.
According to the prosecution, the defendant was given N15,000 by a developer erecting a building around the Transformer Bus Stop in the Ogudu area of the state, to share among the area boys, which he did.
However, the deceased and one other, after a while came to the defendant claiming that he did not share the money equally and in the cause of the argument, a fight erupted.
The defendant, in the cause of the fight, was said to have retrieved a knife and stabbed the deceased in the stomach.
The prosecutor, Thomas Nurudeen, told the court that the offence contravened Section 222 and is punishable under Section 233 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2015.
Nurudeen, presenting a remand application, asked Magistrate P.E Nwaka to remind the defendant for 30 days pending legal advice from the Director of Legal Prosecution.
Granting the request, Nwaka ordered the defendant to be remanded in the Ikoyi Custodial Centre and also directed that the case file be duplicated and sent to the DPP for legal advice
Nwaka also adjourned the case till July 5, 2023.