A 22-year-old man identified as Friday Nwaboyi, has been remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for stealing a three-year-old child, Suraji Abdulkadiri.
Nwaboyi was arraigned by the Lagos State Police Command before Magistrate P. E. Nwaka of Yaba Magistrates’ court on two counts bothering conspiracy and child stealing.
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According to the prosecutor, Thomas Nurudeen, the offence committed by Nwaboyi contravened Sections 411 and 277 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2015.”
The charge read in part,
“That you, Friday Nwaboyi, and others at large, on February 26, 2023, around 6.45 pm at No 21 Ireti Owoseni Street, Ijora Badia, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District did unlawfully steal one Suraji Abdulkadiri, aged three-year-old, to an unknown destination and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 277 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2015.”
The charge was read out to the defendant in English, but his plea was not taken.
The prosecutor further prayed the court to remand the suspect pending legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution.
Granting the request, Nwaka ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre pending legal advice from the DPP.
The case was adjourned till June 6, 2023.