Police on Thursday September 8, 2016
arraigns Mohammed Audu, son of late governor of Kogi state, Prince Abubakar
Audu for robbery..
Reports have it that Mohammed
Audu was arraigned before a Lokoja Magistrates’ Court for robbery and
attempted culpable homicide.
He was arrested on Wednesday
night when he honoured police invitation at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad at
the Police Headquarters in Lokoja.
The prosecution charged the
accused with criminal conspiracy, causing grievous hurt, mischief, armed
robbery and attempted culpable homicide.
The offence contravenes
Sections 97(1), 248, 327, 298 and 229 of the Penal Code according to
the prosecuting police officer, Mr Gabriel Otowu.
Otowu told the court that
Mohammed allegedly committed the offences against his uncle, Prince Yahaya
Audu, on August 30, in the family house at Ogbonicha, Ofu local government area.
Otowu told the court that
Yahaya and one Ibrahim Immam were in his family compound at Ogbonicha for the
eighth day prayer of Dauda Audu when the alleged offence took place.
He said that in the First
Information Report, Yahaya alleged that hoodlums armed with guns, cutlasses and
axe criminally conspired and invaded his compound pretending to be visitors.
He alleged that Yahaya
ignorantly welcomed the people, who asked him to give them “something no matter
how small”.
The prosecutor said that as
the complainant walked toward his vehicle to give them money, the people
attacked him from behind with a machete and “thoroughly” beat him up.
He said that the suspects
inflicted injuries on the complainant and shot sporadically into the air.
Otowu said that the
complainant fell to the ground and pretended to be dead and the hoodlums
attempted to carry him before he ran into the bush and escaped.
He also said that they broke
the windscreen of his jeep and made away with his Samsung handset.
The prosecutor further said
that the complainant and Imman sustained bullet wounds and were later rushed to
the Specialist Hospital, Lokoja for treatment.
He said that prior to the
attack the accused had threatened to deal with Yahaya.
In his submission, Okechukwu
Ayewu, leading seven other lawyers for the accused, urged the court to grant
his client bail in line with the constitution and the Criminal Procedure Code.
Otowu, however, did not
object to the bail application but urged the court to use its discretion.
The Magistrate, Alhassan
Husaini, in his ruling, said: “Though I find on the face of the originating
process (FIR) a barrage of allegations, it appears that both counsels are on
the same page.
“Accordingly, the accused
person herein is admitted to bail in the sum of N100, 000 with a surety in like
sum.” Husaini subsequently adjourned the case till September 29, 2016 for
further mention.
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