Lagos labourer bags 10 years imprisonment for armed robbery

JUSTICE Modupe Nicol- Clay of a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, yesterday, sentenced a 30year- old labourer , Samson Saliu, to 10 years imprisonment for armed robber y. According to the police, Salihu specialised in robbing people at the early hours of the morning and at night at the Ijora Badia Bridge. Justice Nicol- Clay sentenced Saliu after he pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him by the Lagos State government.

The con vict was first arraigned on July 21, 2021, on a six- count charge bordering on conspiracy and armed robbery.

Following his plea, the prosecution counsel, Adeshola Adekunle- Bello, commenced trial on October 3, 2022. The prosecution called two witnesses: Patrick Eki and Adekunle Adeoye, who testified against the defendant.

During trial, the witnesses had told the court that the defendant committed the offences with others who are at large. The witnesses said the convict robbed his victims of their valuables while he was armed with a jack knife and ground plug.

She said that the convict, on December 21, 2016, at about 6: 00 a. m., robbed one Jamiu Ramo n of his money worth N25,000 at the Ijora Badia Bridge.

She further told the court that he ( Saliu) robbed one Abdulqudus A yomide of his Smile Wifi, a Visafone Wifi, ATM cards, a make- up bag, and a bag containing a Samsung phone, a Blackberry phone and an ipad, all property of Ayomide’s boss. The prosecution had also told the court that Saliu, on December 23, 2016, at about 7: 30 p. m., robbed Odiri Oginni of her phone and handbag containing a white wristwatch and a memory card.

Also, Saliu on the same day robbed one Patrick Eki of a Samsung Symphony phone, an Apple ipad, an external hard drive, a flash drive, a Bible, and a cash sum of N180,000.