A Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has found twin brothers Ojomo Taiwo and Ojomo Kehinde guilty of armed robbery. They were sentenced to 14 years in jail, together with two other men, Emmanuel Bamidele (also known as DPO) and Peter Samuel (commonly known as Mogaji).
According to The Guardian, the trial judge, Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe, gave the sentence after the defendants agreed to a plea bargain on an amended two-count charge of conspiracy to commit armed robbery and armed robbery, which is against Section 298(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Taiwo, a driver; Kehinde, a security guard; Bamidele, a technician; and Samuel, a cobbler were all found guilty in 2020 and pleaded not guilty. They eventually modified their plea to guilty after signing a plea bargain agreement on April 14, 2026. This cut their possible sentence from 21 years to 14 years in prison.
Justice Abike-Fadipe said that the defendants agreed to the plea deal of their own free will, but he also said that the court was not obligated by its conditions.
The prosecution says that the event happened on June 5, 2020, at around 11:30 p.m. at Oshodi Bridge in Lagos. The defendants got into a blue 2005 Toyota Sienna with the license plate number LSR 771 GG, which was driven by Sadiq Abiodun Ezekiel. They pretended to be stuck.
Once inside the car, they are said to have pulled out guns, forced the driver into the back seat, beat him up, and taken his things, like an Android phone, an iPhone, an ATM card, and N15,000 in cash. After that, the group drove away with the car.
They left the victim at the Charley Boy bus station in the Gbagada area and then ran away toward Oshodi. The victim got their car back the same day at Ikeja Shopping Mall.
When the victim looked at the automobile that had been recovered, he found a locally built double-barrel revolver with four bullets in it. He gave it to the police.
One of the allegations said that the defendants, who were armed with weapons, stole the victim’s personal things and car at Oshodi Bridge in the Ikeja Judicial Division.
During the trial, J. A. Ogunode, the Director of Public Prosecutions, asked the court to give the defendants the same penalty as the plea bargain.
Justice Abike-Fadipe sentenced each of the guilty people to 14 years in jail, starting from the day they were taken into custody.
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