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...In Lagos 15 in court over stealing, assault, shooting By Olumide Bajulaiye Fifteen persons have been arraigned before a Yaba Chief Magistrate Court, Lagos on a 12-count charge of stealing, assault, indiscriminate shooting and unlawful damage and illegal entrance to a land belonging to a businessman at Coker Estate, Oke Shasha, Lagos. Those in the dock before the trial chief magistrate, Mrs. O. A. Ogala are Oniya Adebisi, Akinjiyan Folasayo, Amidu Oguntoyinbo, Adeniyi Thomas, Ismaila Oseni, Abduraman Ishola and Tunde Lawanson. Other accused persons, according to charge number A/93/2004, include Idowu Dasha, Musa Lateef, Paul Ekwuruke, Gabriel Abiodun, Mukaila Majolagbe, Kayode Olaleke, Monday Adeshina and John Thompson. They were alleged to have on March 14, 2004 at about 10am damaged property worth over N5 million belonging to Deeper Life Bible Church and a block industry owned by Babagbemiga Olaiya. The offence, the prosecution said, was punishable under section 451 of the criminal code, cap c17, Laws of Lagos State, 2003. The prosecution also informed the court that the accused persons unlawfully assaulted three estate supervisors, Lookman Babatunde, Gbenga Ogunmkun and Adegboyega James by inflicting injuries on them with machete cuts. Other charges preferred against the accused persons were that they along with others at large allegedly stole N296, 000 belonging to Phillip Taiwo Coker Poultry Farm and a wristwatch, belonging to one John Asaji. The prosecution further told the court that the accused persons, on the said day, in an attempt to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere at Coker Estate, in Shasha area of Lagos State started shooting guns indiscriminately in to the air without lawful authority. The accused persons, who were represented by their counsel, led by Mr. Adeshina Ogunlana pleaded not guilty to the twelve charges brought against them by the police. Following arguments by their counsel that none of the accused persons would jump bail, the trial chief magistrate allowed them to go home in the sum of N25, 000 with two reasonable sureties. Further trial was fixed for September 29, this year.

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