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Two men were arrested and arraigned after allegedly stealing from accident victims.
Two men identified as Babatunde Olatunji and Tunde Afolabi were arraigned on Thursday before a Magistrates’ Court in Badagry, Lagos State, for allegedly stealing money from dead victims of an accident along the Lagos-Badagry expressway.
The Lagos police command charged Olatunji, 37, and Afolabi, 41, with conspiracy and theft. The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The prosecutor, Inspector Ayodele Adeosun, told the court that the duo committed the offense on July 9, at about 11 a.m., at the Muhammadu Buhari Bus Stop, on the Lagos-Badagry expressway, Age-Mowo, Lagos.
Adeosun said the defendants stole N34,350 from victims of an accident that claimed the lives of 18 passengers on the Lagos-Badagry expressway. He said the defendants were apprehended by the people at the scene of the accident and handed over to the police for prosecution.
According to the prosecutor, the offense contravenes the provisions of sections 411 and 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos, 2015.
Magistrate T. A. Popoola admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of N200,000 each with two sureties in like sum.
NAN reports that Popoola ordered that the sureties be gainfully employed. He adjourned the case until Aug. 21.
