Ex Baale of Magodo bags 15 Years Jail Term for Faking Own Kidnap

 

Justice Hakeem Oshodi, of an Ikeja High Court has sentenced the deposed Baale of Shangisha in Magodo area of Lagos State, Mutiu Ogundare, to 15 years imprisonment for planning and faking his own kidnaping.

The Judge sentenced Ogundare on tuesday having convicted him of a three-count charge bordering on breach of peace and fake kidnapping. Also jailed for same prison term of 15 years, alongside the deposed Baale was his brother, Opeyemi Mohammed. The court had earlier on June15, 2022 during last proceedings, discharged and acquitted his wife Abolanle, of the charges.

Delivering judgment in the matter Justice Oshodi said he considered the allocutus of the defense counsel in arriving at his decision. The judge held that the defendants, particularly the first defendant, showed no remorse in the course of the trial. “The first defendant tried to buy his way out of the court. This is why the defendants must be taught a lesson to serve as deterrence to others”, he held.