Olalekan Adelaja, a 33-year-old driver of Computer Science teacher at the Lagos State University (LASU), Prof Benjamin Aribisala, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly leading his gang to rob his employer.
Adelaja, alongside his accomplice, Onouwari Daniel and Ifeanyi Odimba, will remain in Kirikiri prison pending release of Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) advice.
The defendants were arrested by the police last year over the offence and charged on a one-count offence before an Ikeja Magistrate Court on July 23, 2015 presided by Magistrate Bola Osunsanmi.
Yesterday, Prosecuting Inspector Simeon Imhonwa told the magistrate that the police have filed an application before the court seeking for the remand of the defendants pending the release of Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) advice.
Magistrate Osunsanmi adjourned the matter till October 24.
