The police in Lagos on Friday arraigned a 32-year-old businessman, Wilfred Ochie, who allegedly robbed a man of two iPhones worth N4.5 million with a gun.
Ochie, who resides at 3, Eleda Avenue, Iba, Lagos State, appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on a two-count charge of conspiracy and robbery.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
According to the prosecutor, ASP Adegoke Ademigbuji, the defendant committed the offences on April 16 at Iba.
The prosecutor said that the defendant ordered two iPhone 16 Promax models from the complainant, Mr. Samuel Olotu, on jiji.com, with a payment-on-delivery term.
The prosecutor said that when a rider went to deliver the phones, he was robbed at gunpoint.
Ademigbuji said that the defendant was tracked with the number he used to call the complainant.
The alleged offences contravene Sections 297 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. O. O. Kushanu, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N400,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Kushanu adjourned the case until June 19 for mention.
