An Igbosere High Court in Lagos State on Tuesday discharged and acquitted a man, Jelili Dimeji, of an armed robbery charge brought against him five years ago.
Lagos State Government had accused Dimeji of robbing some valuables from an apartment in Ikotun in 2015.
In her judgment during virtual proceedings, Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye held that the prosecution did not prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. She also noted that Seargent James Irom, the IPO, and first prosecution witness, also failed to tender allegedly recovered weapons while testifying before the court.
“Having failed to establish the substantive charge of armed robbery against the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt, I find and hold that the prosecution has also not sustained the ancillary charge of conspiracy.
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