Court frees church leader over armed robbery

A Lokoja Chief Magistrates’ Court has discharged a church leader, Mr. Sam Keddy Balogun  over charges of conspiracy and robbery levelled against him. Balogun, who is also the Commandant General of Mission for Africa Chaplain Corps was last June paraded by the police along with his orderly, Saliu Mohammed, by the police for alleged conspiracy, theft, robbery and for illegally being in possession of firearms.

When the case came up for hearing yesterday at the Chief Magistrates’ Court, the trial magistrate, Mrs. Joyce Abdulmalik said she received a letter from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution signed by one Emmanuel Ibinu, a principal legal officer, who said there was no case against Sam Keddy Balogun and therefore, advised the court to set him (the accused person) free.

The magistrate, while making her ruling said she relied on the letter and therefore discharged Sam Keddy Balogun of the offences levelled against him.   As for his orderly, she expunged the allegations of robbery, conspiracy and illegally being in possession of firearms against him and only charged him for theft and therefore advised the police prosecution to modify his charge sheet in the next appearance.

Source: THE SUN NEWSPAPER


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