The
Lagos State Police Command has dragged five teenagers and 15 men before
an Oshodi magistrate’s court in the state for allegedly causing riot at
Oshodi.
The teenagers arraigned before the court are Alagbe
Kehinde, 18; Ayeni Oluwasegun, 19; Kasali Tunde, 19; Babatunde Sodiq,
19; Olawale Soliu, 19, Abiodun Adeleke, 31; Segun Owoseni, 24; and Ojo
Moruf, 23. Others are Oguntade Sunday, 23; Segun Adeniyi, 20; Dare
Abiodun, 23; Femi Bode, 23; Segun Adewale, 23; Hamzat Ibrahim, 20;
Samson Oluwatade, 27; Anifowose John, 27; Wasiu Adebayo, 20; Yusuf
Salami, 23; Ibrahim Saka, 20; and Adejoku Rasheed, 21.
The
accused persons were arraigned on a seven-count charge of conspiracy,
riot, unlawful possession of cutlass, stealing and destroying property.
According
to the charges filed before the court, the accused persons stole 80
different types of phones belonging to one Adekunle Adebayo. They were
also said to have been found to be unlawfully in possession of a
cutlass, and willfully damaged a vehicle with number plate XA 733 SRE by
breaking all the glasses.
“That you and others, now at large, on
February 19, at about 2pm at Oshodi in the Ikeja Magisterial District,
did set fire and burnt Mazda bus with number plate MUS 07 XC, valued N2
million, property of one Akinwale Aluko,” One of the counts read.
Police
prosecutor, Kehinde Olatunde, said the offence was punishable under
Section 348 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.
When
the offences were read to the accused persons before Magistrate Akeem
Fashola, they pleaded not guilty. The magistrate granted the accused
persons bail in the sum of N100,00, with two sureties who would have
paid tax for a period of three years, and adjourned the case to March
24.