Okada rider snatches passenger’s bag containing N.6m in Lagos
A 26-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Lateef Sanni, was on Thursday remanded in Kirikiri Prisons on the orders of an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to robbing his passengers of N650,000.
Sanni, a resident at No. 5, Olorunfemi St., Igando, a Lagos suburb, is facing a two-count charge bordering on robbery.
Police Prosecutor, Inspector Rachael Williams, said Sanni committed the offences on February 12 at 10.30 p.m. at Oko-Afor Bus Stop on Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
Williams told the court that Sanni robbed the complainants, Mojirola Bashiru and Demonyoji Mary, of their handbags containing N620,000 cash and a Techno phone valued at N30,000.
“The accused rode his motorcycle with the complainants on it into the bush and robbed them of their valuables.
“The complainants raised alarm and with the help of passers-by, the accused was apprehended,” Williams said.
She also said Sanni had been convicted of robbery but was released sometime in December 2017 from Kirikiri Prisons.
According to her, Sanni also stole the motorcycle he used for robbing the passengers.
Sanni, who pleaded guilty to the charges, could be sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment.
The Magistrate, Mrs. Raji, ordered that he should be kept behind bars pending sentence at the next date of adjournment.
Raji fixed April 12 for sentencing.
