Court Remands Man for Alleged Robbery

Victor Ogunje

An Ekiti State Magistrate Court has ordered a 39-year-old Agaduma Ovie to be remanded in the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti, for alleged robbery.

Making her pronouncement yesterday, Magistrate Mojisola Salau said remanding the defendant in the custody would allow the prosecutor, Inspector Bamigbade Olumide, to forward the case file to the office of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.

According to the charge preferred against the defendant, Agaduma was reasonably suspected to have committed offences of conspiracy and armed robbery on one Adebayo Modupe.

The incident happened at Ajibamidele area in Ado Ekiti on November 27, 2020.

The court on August 26, 2021, also remanded one Simeon Godswill Oreva, 23, while Ovie Agaduma was at large then, and was later arrested in Abuja in connection with offences bordering on conspiracy and armed robbery.

The Investigative Police Officer (IPO) on August 26, 2021, informed the court that Oreva and others at large on November 27, 2020, conspired to rob one Mrs. Adebayo Modupe of her vehicle at gun point around Ajebamidele area in Ado Ekiti.

The police had since launched a manhunt to arrest others at large, which resulted in the arrest of Agaduma in Abuja.

The offences run contrary to and punishable under Section 516 of the Criminal Code Cap C16, Laws of Ekiti State and Section 1(3) of the Armed Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Laws of Federation of Nigeria, 2004. Meanwhile, the matter has been adjourned to September 30, 2021, for mentioning.