Lagos school girls: Six men remanded in Lagos prison

The six men, who allegedly took part in the kidnap of the girls of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary School in Ikorodu, were on Friday remanded at Ikoyi Prisons on the order of an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs O.I. Adelaja, who gave the order, said the accused should be remanded in prison pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
The accused — Emmanuel Arigidi, 37; Gift Pius, 30; Fred Omoni, 32; Geofrey Owei, 28; Seun Akanji, 33; and Segun James, 29 — are facing a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, kidnap, being armed with offensive weapons and robbery.
Mr G.O. Osuyi, a counsel from the Criminal Investigations Department, Panti, Lagos, said the accused conspired with others still at large on February 25 at Maya under bridge along Ikorodu-Imota Road, to kidnap three girls from the college.
The kidnapped girls are of ages 14 and 15.
He said the accused, armed with AK 47, also robbed the Principal of the college, Ven. Olaoluwa Adeyemi of the sum of N5.6 million.
Osuyi alleged that the 1st accused, Emmanuel Arigidi, who was armed with AK 47 on March 12, 2015 at Admiralty Way, Lekki, robbed one of the new generation banks at Ikorodu area and made away with N24.5 million.
Arigidi is alleged to be one of the robbers who unleashed terror in Ikorodu area and robbed several banks in 2015.
Counsel to the accused, Mr Ola Ogunbiyi, however, did not oppose their remand in prison.
The offences contravened Sections 269(1), 295 (2) and 409 and of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
NAN reports that Section 295 (2) provides death penalty for the offenders.
The case has been adjourned to April 25.