An undergraduate of the Lagos State University, Shittu Saheed, was
yesterday arraigned before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in
Ikeja for armed robbery and allegedly shooting one Oke Oscar in his
manhood with a locally-made pistol.
Saheed was arraigned alongside five suspected members of the Aiye
Confraternity, Victor Otobo, Suleiman Musa, Ibrahim Kolade, Ayinla
Muiz and Lateef Alowonle, on 11 counts bordering on conspiracy to
commit robbery, armed robbery, attempted murder and causing grievous
harm.
They pleaded not guilty to the charges.
It was gathered that the defendants committed the offences on
September 14, 2018, around 8.40pm at the pipeline area on the LASU
campus and also on October 2 and 4, 2018, around 9pm on Ahiawu Apeke
Street in the Pipeline area of Okokomaiko.
The prosecutor, Olakunle Ligali, said the offences contravened
sections 299, 297(2)(a), 230(a) and 245 of the Criminal Law, CH. C. 17
Vol. 3, Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
The charges read in part, โThat you, Shittu Saheed, Suleiman Musa,
Ibrahim Kolade, Ayinla Muiz and Lateef Alowonle, at the Dubai Hotel,
Pipeline area of Okokomaiko, did belong to an unlawful society called
the Aiye Confraternity or the Black Axe Movement.โThat you, Victor
Otobo, Shittu Saheed, Suleiman Musa, Ibrahim Kolade and Ayinla Muiz,
on October 2, 2018, around 9pm at Ahiawu Apeke Street, Pipeline,
Okokomaiko, caused grievous harm on Oke Oscar by shooting him in his
penis with a locally-made cut-to-size pistol.โ
The presiding judge, Justice Josephine Taiwo, adjourned the matter
till December 18, 2019, for trial.
