An Oyo State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Monday remanded two men, Uba Opara, 35; and Tunde Adepoju, 27; in prison for alleged armed robbery.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Kehinde Durosaro – Tijani, said the accused should be remanded in Agodi Prisons and the case file sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.
Durosaro-Tijani adjourned the case till May 22.
The accused, whose addresses were not given, are facing a two -count charge of conspiracy and armed robbery.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Adewale Amos, had told the court that the accused committed the offences with others still at large on Jan. 14, at about 2 .p.m. at Taye Soyege Street, New Bodija, Ibadan.
Amos said the accused, who were armed with a double barrel gun and a cutlass, robbed one Jekayinfa Olayinka of his Toyota Camry car valued at N11.5 million.
“They were, however caught by some policemen on duty,’’ he added.
The offences, he said, contravened Sections 1 (1) (2) (a) and 6(b) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provision) Act Cap RII,Vol. 14, Laws of the Republic of Nigeria, 2004.
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