{"id":27976,"date":"2024-04-18T17:14:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=27976"},"modified":"2024-04-18T17:14:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:14:45","slug":"lagos-police-arrest-and-arraign-alleged-13-year-old-kidnapper-and-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/04\/18\/lagos-police-arrest-and-arraign-alleged-13-year-old-kidnapper-and-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Police Arrest and Arraign Alleged 13-Year-Old Kidnapper and Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-rsqgs-79elbk h-full\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-rsqgs-1n7m0yu\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm\">\n<div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-91\">\n<div class=\"px-4 py-2 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 text-base mx-auto gap-3 juice:gap-4 juice:md:gap-6 md:px-5 lg:px-1 xl:px-5 md:max-w-3xl lg:max-w-[40rem] xl:max-w-[48rem]\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-full flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"ca131567-5aac-448c-8891-00bdb2134d17\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>The Lagos State Police Command has taken legal action against seven individuals accused of kidnapping and demanding a ransom of N2 million. Among the defendants arraigned are Cynthia Okere (14), Blessing Amutie (22), Caleb Amutie (13), Joshua Amutie (13), Uche Amutie (25), Mustapha Asimiyu (24), and Gafar Tijani (24).<\/p>\n<p>The charges brought against them include felony, kidnapping, and ransom demand, as stated during their arraignment at the Badagry Chief Magistrates\u2019 Court. Despite the charges, all defendants pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecutor, Ayodele Adeosun, the alleged offences took place on March 6 around 12:50 p.m. in Iyana-Era, Ijanikin. The defendants purportedly conspired to commit felony by kidnapping and demanding a ransom of N2 million.<\/p>\n<p>The offences outlined are in violation of sections 411, 172 (1) (2), and 172 (3) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the arraignment, Chief Magistrate Patrick Adekomaiya granted bail to each defendant in the sum of N500,000, with two sureties required to stand as guarantors. Additionally, the magistrate directed that defendants who are under 18 years of age\u2014specifically the first, third, and fourth defendants\u2014should be remanded in Oregun Juvenile Corrective Home, Lagos, or a similar facility.<\/p>\n<p>The case has been adjourned until May 5 for further mention, as legal proceedings continue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Police Command has taken legal action against seven individuals accused of kidnapping and demanding a ransom of N2 million. Among the defendants arraigned are Cynthia Okere (14), Blessing Amutie (22), Caleb Amutie (13), Joshua Amutie (13), Uche Amutie (25), Mustapha Asimiyu (24), and Gafar Tijani (24). The charges brought against them include [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":27977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27976"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28041,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27976\/revisions\/28041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}