Lagos Court Discharges Teen and Adult Charged with Robbery
The Lagos State Ministry of Justice clarified that a teenager and an adult were charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and armed robbery, not detained over a pair of slippers. This clarification was issued by Adebayo Haroun, Director of Public Prosecutions, regarding charge number ID/22014C/23.
The defendants were charged under Sections 299 and 297(2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, following allegations of robbing Daniel Lucky Danjuma of his phone and gold chain. The case was initially assigned to Justice Adenike Coker but was transferred to Justice Hakeem Oshodi in October 2025.
The defendants' pleas were taken on October 13, 2025, and the prosecution listed Danjuma and two police investigators as witnesses. However, Danjuma's absence due to unreachable phone led to the prosecution closing its case.
The court upheld the defendants' no-case submission and discharged them on September 29, 2026, attributing the outcome to the complainant's failure to testify.
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