Court remands 18-year old for criminal conspiracy, armed robbery

A Magistrate Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, has remanded the 18-year old suspect, Ibrahim Musa for criminal conspiracy and armed robbery.

The State Security Service (SSS) had dragged Musa before the Magistrate Court for committing the offences punishable under Section 298 of Kogi State Administration of Criminal Justice Law.

Yahaya Olanrewaju, the Prosecution Counsel, had filed exparte motion and supported by 18-paragraph affidavit seeking application for an Order of the Court to remand the suspect, Ibrahim Musa in the Custody of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCS), Koton Karfe.

Olanrewaju also supported his argument with sections 291 and 292 of the Kogi State Administration of Criminal Justice and under the jurisdiction of the Court.

The Counsel pointed out that on the July 21, 2024, Ibrahim Musa was arrested at Felele in Lokoja Lacal Government Area for belonging to a gang of armed robbery syndicate from Abuja, terrorising Federal University Community in Lokoja, the Kogi State Capital.

Musa was said to have been arrested with nine Android phones stolen from their victims while his gang members fled the scene immediately.

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The Counsel explained that during the investigations, some victims of Private Lodges, came to the SSS Office to identify their phones and collected seven out of the nine stolen phones stolen that were in the custody of the operatives of the State Security Service.

The victims also told the story of how they attacked with machetes and other dangerous weapons by the armed robbers before their phones were taken away.

“The Suspect also volunteered in his statement, claiming that he belongs to the 8-gang armed robbers who based in Mararaba, Abuja.

“Musa was caught in the act while other took to theirs”, the Prosecution Counsel said.

In his ruling, the Presiding Judge, Mopa Andullahi, granted the Prosecution Counsel’s application to remand the suspect in custody of Koton Karfe Medium Correctional Centre.

He stated that, “having heard the the experte motion and the 18- paragraphs affidavit and having seen the merit in the application. I hereby grant the order seeking to remand the suspect for only 14 days and be returned to Court on the 12th day of August 2024.”