Two men bag 14 years in jail for attempted armed robbery

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

The court stumbled on them responsible as charged by the Lagos Speak Govt and sentenced them accordingly. The convicts were arraigned for attempting to salvage a car while armed with a gun and a knife at Jakande Property within the Lekki space of Lagos Speak.

Oladeji and Thomas were acknowledged to enjoy tried to salvage one Yusuf of his Toyota Corolla, mobile phone, and cash. Around 2:forty five a.m., they reportedly made one other attempt to salvage Hemas Udom on the identical property earlier than the police apprehended them.

First and principal, they pleaded now not responsible to the prices, prompting the prosecution to proceed to trial. One day of the trial, the victims testified that the defendants, armed with a gun and a knife, tried to grab their car. Alternatively, the steered arrival of the police forced the suspects to wing, leaving on the motivate of the auto nonetheless escaping with the auto key.

The defendants later approached the prosecution for a plea low cost settlement and were re-arraigned on an amended two-depend rate of tried theft, to which they pleaded responsible.

Justice Abike-Fadipe asked whether or now not they had been coerced, induced, or promised something in replace for altering their plea.

They confirmed they did so voluntarily and without intimidation. The snatch convicted and sentenced each males, ordering that the sentence be backdated to open from Might maybe 2019, when they were first remanded in custody.