Two men bag 14-year jail term for attempted armed robbery

Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Lagos Suppose Particular Offences Court docket, Ikeja, has sentenced two men, Folorunsho Oladeji and Dimeji Thomas, to 14 years’ imprisonment every for tried armed theft.

The instruct came all over them guilty as charged by the Lagos Suppose Govt and sentenced the duo accordingly.

The convicts were arraigned for attempting to rob a vehicle while armed with a gun and a knife at Jakande Property, in the Lekki arrangement of Lagos Suppose.

Oladeji and Thomas were supposed to beget tried to rob one Yusuf of his Toyota Corolla, cell phone, and cash. Around 2:forty five a.m., the duo also reportedly tried to rob one Hemas Udom at the equal Jakande Property sooner than the police apprehended them.

Initially, they pleaded no longer guilty to the costs, and the prosecution proceeded with the trial.

Within the direction of the trial, the victims testified how the defendants, armed with a gun and a knife, tried to grab their automobile. However, the arrival of the police compelled the suspects to flit, abandoning the auto nonetheless escaping with the vehicle key.

Attributable to this truth, the defendants approached the prosecution for a plea bargain agreement. They were re-arraigned on an amended two-count payment of tried theft and pleaded guilty to the amended payment.

Justice Abike-Fadipe asked them if they'd been coerced, led to, or promised anything else in alternate for altering their plea. They confirmed to the court that they did so voluntarily and without intimidation.

The court convicted and sentenced both men to 14 years in jail, ordering that the sentence be backdated to launch from May per chance 2019, after they were first remanded in the correctional facility.