An Ebute-Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Tuesday, remanded 55-year-old National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) official, Samsideen Oladiti, also known as “Shameleon” at Ikoyi Correctional Facility after he was arraigned on a three-count charge bordering on assault and murder.
Oladiti who was accused of beating a dispatch rider to death was docked before Magistrate A. O. Akinde.
The charges were read before the court, but his plea was not taken.
Rather, Akinde directed that the case file be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice. She adjourned the matter until Oct. 28.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, SP Anthony Iyeye, said the defendant committed the offences on 27 August at about 10 a.m. at Lewis Street, Lagos Island.
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Iyeye alleged that Oladiti assaulted a tricyclist, Imam Ramon, causing injuries which later led to his death at the Lagos Island General Hospital, Marina.
He further told the court that, on 17 Sept. 17, the defendant also attacked a dispatch rider, Mr Omale Samuel, inflicting serious bodily harm.
Samuel was taken to hospital, where he remains on admission. The prosecutor said the defendant’s actions showed a pattern of violence against innocent citizens.
Iyeye said the offences contravened Section 223 of the Lagos State Criminal Law, 2015, which prescribes the death penalty for murder upon conviction.
Investigations are continuing, while the court awaits the DPP’s legal advice on how to proceed.
NAN
