Four brothers have been sentenced to three years jail term by a Lagos State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ikeja for conspiracy and forgery.
The four brothers, Abayomi Oluwa, 64; Ismaila Oluwa, 69; Tajudeen Oluwa, 60 and Musa Oluwa, 58 were sentenced after they were found guilty by the court.
The Presiding Magistrate, Mr A. A Adesanya, sentenced the four brothers to 18 months imprisonment for forgery and another eight months for conspiracy ,without any option of fine, two years after they were arraigned.
According to the magistrate, “By the evidences and facts provided before the court, the accused were not truthful in their evidences and testimonies; they are found guilty of the offences.
“You are hereby sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for forgery and eight months jail term for conspiracy each without an option of fine. The sentenced should run concurrently.”
The accused were first arraigned on June 30, 2014, on charges of conspiracy and forgery.
Specifically, they were accused of conspiracy to forge the official stamp of the High Court of Lagos State and the signature of principal registrar of the court.
At that time, they all pleaded not guilty and were then granted bail each in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties each and had been appearing in court for trial ever since.
During their arraignment, the prosecutor, Insp. George Nwosu, had told the court that the accused committed the offences on March 5, 2013 at a High Court of Lagos State.
Nwosu said that the accused persons had filed a suit at the Lagos High Court against the complainant, one Oluwa of Lagos and Apapa, Chief Mukaila Oluwa, to step down from the throne.
“The accused had dragged the complainant to court to vacate from the throne of Oba, claiming that the throne does not belong to him.
“The court, in its ruling, ordered the accused to maintain statuo quo pending the determination of the case. But the accused went ahead to forge the stamp of the court and also lifted the signature of the principal registrar from the ruling and smuggled it into a public notice.”
The prosecutor said that the offence contravened Section 363(2)(b) and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
