A Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of Alhaji Azeez Adekunle Lawal, a.k.a. Kunle Poly, and two others, in the facility of the Nigeria Police Zonal Monitoring Unit, Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan-Lagos, for 30 days, over last Thursday’s mayhem in Idumota.
Others ordered to be remanded alongside Kunle Poly by Chief Magistrate Linda Balogun, are: Prince Idowu Onikoyi Johnson and Agboola Akeem Kosoko.
The Chief Magistrate ordered the remand of the three members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) following a remand motion moved by Barr. Morufu Animashaun.
In urging the court to remand the trio, Animashaun told the court that the motion was brought pursuant to Section 264(1), (2), (3), (4) and (6) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, 2021 (as amended); Sections 4 and 10 of the Police Act, 2020, and Sections 6(c), 35(1)(C)(5) and (7)(a) of the Constitution.
Animashaun told the court that request was to enable police conclude investigation of a case of threat to life and property, violence, cultism, mayhem, conduct likely to cause breach of peace, unlawful possession of firearms, conspiracy and murder against the three men.
He supported the remand motion with an affidavit of 14 paragraphs, deposed to by one Inspector Monday Ohion.
Chief Magistrate Balogun, after listening to submissions of Barrister Animashaun, held that: “I have listened to the submissions of counsel, as well as perused the application for remand and the attached affidavit.
“I found merit in the application and it is accordingly granted. The three defendants are to be remanded in facility of the Nigeria Police Zonal Monitoring Unit, Zone 2 Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos, for the next 30 days, to enable the police to conclude investigation.”
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