Teenager, adult were charged with armed robbery, says Lagos Justice Ministry

The Lagos State Ministry of Justice has clarified that a teenager and an adult were charged with armed robbery, not for allegedly stealing a pair of slippers. The defendants were charged under Sections 299 and 297(2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, following allegations that they were part of a group that robbed a man of his phone and gold chain.

The case was initially assigned to Justice Adenike Coker of the Ikeja High Court but later transferred to Justice Hakeem Oshodi in October 2025. The defendants' pleas were taken on October 13, 2025, and the case was fixed for trial. The prosecution listed the nominal complainant, Daniel Lucky Danjuma, and two police investigators as witnesses, but was unable to secure Danjuma's attendance in court as his phone was unreachable.

The prosecution subsequently commenced its case with Inspector Martins, who testified about the incident. The court upheld the no-case submission filed by the defendants, resulting in their discharge.

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