Friday, June 6, 2014

Protest: LASU students arraigned for hijacking LAGBUS


Protest: LASU students arraigned for hijacking LAGBUS
Police yesterday arraigned six students of the Lagos State University (LASU) before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for hijacking LAGBUS. The students were arrested on Tuesday during a protest to force Governor Babatunde Fashola to reverse astronomical increase in their school fees. According to the charge sheet, No: MIK/A/69/2014, the students were accused of taking property belonging to the state government.
It reads: “That you, Bolarinwa Olamide ‘m’ (23), Oludare Samuel ‘m’ (18), Oni Victoria ‘f ’ (18), Fatukasi Timileyin ‘m’ (19), Babatunde Bolarinwa ‘m’ (24), Ajayi Taiwo ‘f’ (20), Akani Segun ‘m’ (27) on the third day of June, 2014 about 1745hrs at Ladipo bus stop, Oshodi road, Ikeja, in the Ikeja Magisterial District did conduct yourselves in a manner likely to cause breach of peace by hijacking LAGBUS NO P004 with registration number SMK 719 XK property of Lagos State Government and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 166(D) of the Criminal Law, No 11, Vol. 44, Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.”

Presiding over the case, the magistrate, Mrs Eniola Fabamwo, admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of N10,000 each. She adjourned the case till August 6.
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