Mohammed Shosanya
A Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Lagos,Monday, remanded former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode’s chef, Victor Abayomi, for allegedly stealing valuables worth millions at his Ikoyi residence.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Peter Nwaka, ordered the remand of the defendant for 30 days in Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
Nwaka adjourned the matter until April 8, for further mention.
Abayomi is standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and theft.
The legal officer, Joshua Babalola, in the employ of the State Security Service (SSS),had earlier told the court that Abayomi and some others still at large committed the offences at the residence of the former governor.
He alleged that the defendant carted away valuable items worth millions of naira from his employer’s residence at Ikoyi.
According to him,the defendant absconded to Old Garage, Molorundo Local Government Area, Osun State, where he was arrested by Ambode’s SSS on March 7.
