An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Friday remanded a 35-year-old man, Donatus Akpa, in prison for allegedly snatching a motorcycle.
Magistrate Olukunle Owolawi did not grant bail to the defendant but asked the defence counsel, Mr
Kanmi Adeyeba, to come with a written application for the bail on the next adjourned date.
Owolawi, however, ordered the defendant to be remanded at the Ile-Ife Prison pending the ruling of the bail application.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. James Obaletan, had told the court that the defendant committed the
offence on Feb. 28 at about 2:30 p.m., along Omifunfun road in Olode area of Ifetedo in Ife South Local
Government area of Osun.
Obaletan said that the defendant was given a ride by Akintunde Dayo, the rider of the commercial motorcycle (a Red Bajaj Motorcycle with Reg. No: PMD 043 OT).
The defendant trickily snatched it from Dayo
The prosecutor said that motorcycle which valued N240, 000 belonged to Mr Olatunji Ibrahim
He said that the…
