A 16-year-old Senior Secondary School, SSS 1 pupil, Bolaji Bello, has been remanded by a Lagos magistrates’ court sitting in Ikeja for allegedly robbing a boutique on Tijani Street, Ilemba Awori, in the Ajangbadi area of Lagos state.
Bolaji and his friend Friday, who is now at large,on December 15, around 10 pm,went to the shop in pretext of buying clothes. After selecting some shirts,pairs of trousers and a cap worth N10, 500, they pretended to be making payment to the shop owner,identified as Okeke Ikenna, it was reported they brought out a gun and a cutlass, ordering him and his girlfriend who was also at the shop, to lie down.
Apart from the clothes, they reportedly stole from their victims two Tecno phones valued at N30,000, an LG phone valued at N29, 000 and one Infinix phone worth N15, 000, as well as a cash sum of N54, 000.
The suspects had left the shop when some passers-by got wind of their operation and gave them a chase, leading to Bello’s arrest. He was eventually handed over to the police at the Ilemba Hausa Division from where he was transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja, for investigation.
According to the police prosecutor, Inspector William Ologun, the offence contravened Section 294 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011, and was punishable under Section 295 (2) of the same law.
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