A total of 48 people, including two women, on Monday, appeared before a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State for alleged unlawful protest and
The defendants, who allegedly committed the offences at 10 am on July 3, at the Ojota area of Lagos, are jointly facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, unlawful assembly and breach of peace to which they pleaded not guilty.
Police Prosecutor, Mr Adejoke Adebesin told the court that Bakare, during the protest shot a passerby, Miss Jumoke Oyeleke, with a Beretta pistol which was recovered from his possession. NAN reports that Section 330 provides seven years imprisonment for the offence of unlawful possession of arms while 223 stipulates the death penalty for the offence of murder.
Chief Magistrate Mrs Adeola Adedayo admitted the 47 defendants to N300, 000 bail each with two sureties in like sum and remanded Bakare, who is facing murder charges, to a correctional center while awaiting legal advice from Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution .
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