Olayinka Idowu, 39; three men; 45-yr-old Caleb Saviour; and 36-year-old Andrew Ogoh were charged with kidnapping and assault on Thursday at an Ikeja Magistrates' Court in the Ogba area of Lagos State.
The litigants purportedly snatched a police officer, Reviewer Shola Akindeko, to an obscure objective and attacked him.
Idowu, one of the suspects, was said to have destroyed the policeman's iPhone XR, which was worth N185,000.
In a three-count indictment that was close to a felony, Idowu, Saviour, and Ogoh were also accused of assault, which included assault resulting in injury and causing a disturbance of public order.
The crime is punishable under Sections 411, 168(D), and 350 of the Lagos State of Nigeria 2015 Criminal Code, according to the police prosecutor, Inspector Josephine Ikhayyera.
The charge read, “That you, Olayinka Idowu, Caleb Saviour and Andrew Ogoh on April 3, 2023, around 8.30pm at BRT Garage Awori U-turn, Abule-Egba in the Ikeja Magisterial District did commit felony to wit assault occasioning harm and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.
“That you, Olayinka Idowu, Caleb Saviour and Andrew Ogoh, on April 3, 2023, around 8.30pm at BRT Garage Awori U-turn, Abule-Egba in the Ikeja Magisterial District did conduct yourselves in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace by forcefully taking an officer to an unknown destination and thereby committed an offense contrary to and punishable under Section 168(D) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.
“That you, Olayinka Idowu, on the same date, time and place at the aforementioned Magisterial District did wilfully damage iPhone XR valued at N185,000 property of Inspector Shola Akindeko and thereby committed an offense contrary to and punishable under Section 350 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”
They, on the other hand, denied the allegations.
The suspect was given the option to pay a fine of N150,000 with two equal-sized sureties by the Magistrate, L.A. Owolabi.
After that, Owolabi put off discussing the case until May 3, 2023.