Court Jails Eight for Phone Snatching After Dawn Raid in Lagos

|By Adejumo Adekunle

A Magistrate’s Court in Bolade, Oshodi, Lagos, has sentenced eight men to six months in prison after they confessed to phone snatching and related offences.

Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) stormed the Mile 2 pedestrian bridge at dawn on Thursday, arresting the suspects at a spot widely known for persistent phone theft.

The convicted men are Anthony Osinachi (21), Victor Onuoha (45), Rowland Ede (25), Daniel Chisom (24), Emmanuel Chukwu (35), Ogbonnaya Uchechi (18), Godday Eke (28), and Benjamin G. (30).

They were arraigned before the Bolade Magistrate Court, where they all pleaded guilty. The court thereafter handed each of them a six-month jail term.