Lagos man sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for attempted robbery

A Lagos State High Court in the Tafawa Balewa Square area of Lagos State has sentenced a man, identified as Temitope Olowo, to 14 years imprisonment for attempted robbery in the State.

According to media reports, the trial judge, Justice Yetunde Adesanya, on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, handed down the verdict to the convict, who was sentenced on a one-count amended charge of attempted robbery after a plea bargain application was made.

Reports suggest that Olowo was first put on trial on November 9, 2018, on three-count bordering on arm robbery, to which he pleaded not guilty.

During the trial, the prosecution counsel, Olayemi Shofolu, called two witnesses, while the defendant, through his counsel, J. I. Osagede, filed for a plea bargain agreement, and the charge was amended.

When the case came up for hearing on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, the prosecution counsel notified the court about the one-count amended charge.

He said Olowo had attempted to rob one Desmond Ifeanyi of his personal belongings, adding that the offence contravened Section 298(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. Olowo pleaded guilty to the charge.

Consequently, Justice Adesanya found Temitope Olowo guilty as charged and sentenced him to 14 years imprisonment.

She ordered that the sentence would take effect from October 16, 2017, when the convict was remanded.