According
to Punch reports, a district pastor of a church in Ilorin, Adebambo
Adetunji, has been accused of being one of the gang members, who robbed
motorists at the Ojota Bus stop, between April and July, 2014.
According to reports, Pastor Adetunji and his gang members who are
currently on the run were known for snatching cars and robbing victims
of their valuables at gun point.
It was gathered that the accused was arrested after one of their victims reported the matter to the police.
A Toyota Camry and a Mercedes Benz ML320 with number plates MUS 413
BH and LND 623 BF respectively, were diverted by the suspected robbers,
who were said to have also used cutlasses in their operations.
While the Mercedes Benz car was said to be the property of one
Boniface Joseph, who was robbed around 10.30pm on April 30, at the bus
stop, one Oluwatoyin Badmus, was reportedly robbed of her Toyota Camry
around 6p.m. on July 6 at the same spot.
The police alleged that Joseph also lost two phones and an IPad to
the robbers, adding that valuables lost by the duo were worth N4.5m.
It was learnt that Adetunji was arrested by men of the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad led by SP Abba Kyari after Badmus had reported the
attack to the police.
The prosecutor, Inspector Nurudeen Thomas, on Thursday, brought the
suspect, who hails from Osun State, before the Magistrate, Mrs. M.O.
Oshodi, on three counts bordering on armed robbery.
Oshodi, who was holding brief for Mrs. Dan Oni, refused to listen to
the defendant’s plea and ordered that he be remanded pending the time
the Directorate of Public Prosecutions would issue legal advice on the
matter.
The charges read in part, “That you, Adebambo Adetunji and others now
at large, on April 30, 2014 at about 10.30pm at Ojota Bus stop in the
Lagos Magisterial District while armed with guns and cutlasses did rob
one Mercedes Benz Jeep ML320 with registration number LND 623 BF valued
N1, 850,000, IPad valued N80,000, Blackberry Bold 5 valued N30,000,
Nokia E5 valued N26,000 and cash sum of N250,000 total value N2,236,000
property of one Boniface Joseph.
“That you, and others now at large on July 6, 2014 at about 5.30pm at
Ojota Bus stop in the aforementioned magisterial district did conspire
among yourselves to commit felony to wit; armed robbery.
“That you and others now at large on the same date, time and place in
the aforesaid magisterial district while armed with guns and cutlasses
did rob one Toyota Camry 2008 model with registration number MUS 413 BH
valued N2.3m property of one Oluwatoyin Badmus.”
It was said that the offences contravened Section 5 (b) and were
punishable under Section 1 (2) (a) (b) of the Robbery and Firearms Act,
Cap. 398, Vol. XXII, Law of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990 and 2003 as
amended.
Adetunji, who was clad in Ankara, burst into tears on hearing the charges.
The case was adjourned till December 3, 2014.
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