Magistrate tongue-lashes drunk lawyer

Magistrate tongue-lashes drunk lawyer

An Igbosere Magistrate Court, Lagos
State, Wednesday, scolded a lawyer for taking alcohol before coming to the court.

The Magistrate, Mrs E. Kubeinje, who was livid that the lawyer, Mr. Emmanuel Benye, was drunk when he appeared in her court, asked the legal practitioner to get a colleague to represent him as she would not allow him to go ahead with his case since he was reeking of alcohol.

Benye was said to have been reeking of alcohol when he stood up in the courtroom to announce the appearance for his client.

Presiding Magistrate, Mrs Kubeinje said: "You should not be involved in things like this, especially when you are at work.''

Kubeinje had initially ordered that the matter be stood down when Benye and the police prosecutor, Inspector Clifford Ogu, denied that the offensive odour emanated from them, prompting her to ask the registrar to move closer to them and determine who was reeking of alcohol.

Subsequently, the registrar informed the court that Benye was the offender.

Although the lawyer later apologised to the
magistrate and promised that such occurrence
would not happen again.

The Magistrate advised him to plead with one
of his colleagues to assist him handle his
client's case after expressing her displeasure over the embarrassment.

Magistrate tongue-lashes drunk lawyer

Magistrate tongue-lashes drunk lawyer

An Igbosere Magistrate Court, Lagos
State, Wednesday, scolded a lawyer for taking alcohol before coming to the court.

The Magistrate, Mrs E. Kubeinje, who was livid that the lawyer, Mr. Emmanuel Benye, was drunk when he appeared in her court, asked the legal practitioner to get a colleague to represent him as she would not allow him to go ahead with his case since he was reeking of alcohol.

Benye was said to have been reeking of alcohol when he stood up in the courtroom to announce the appearance for his client.

Presiding Magistrate, Mrs Kubeinje said: "You should not be involved in things like this, especially when you are at work.''

Kubeinje had initially ordered that the matter be stood down when Benye and the police prosecutor, Inspector Clifford Ogu, denied that the offensive odour emanated from them, prompting her to ask the registrar to move closer to them and determine who was reeking of alcohol.

Subsequently, the registrar informed the court that Benye was the offender.

Although the lawyer later apologised to the
magistrate and promised that such occurrence
would not happen again.

The Magistrate advised him to plead with one
of his colleagues to assist him handle his
client's case after expressing her displeasure over the embarrassment.

The suspects  identified as Fatai Balogun, Wale Akinjobi and Gbenga Kolawole duringinterrogation, confessed to have come all the way from Ogun state to operate.
A source, who craved anonymity  told Crime Alert that the police launched a manhunt for the gang after  Pasuma's encounter, during which  they were  intercepted.
The gang, as gathered, also attacked a wealthy man in Iju Ishaga area of Lagos,where they robbed him of N500,000, his mobile phones and other valuables. After the operation, one of them, Wale who resides around the area reportedly dug a hole at the back of his compound where he buried his weapon.
But unknown to him, a resident said to have sighted him,  alerted the police who quickly arrested him and transferred him to the SARS.During interrogation, Wale reportedly confessed that his gang robbed Pasuma of his Range RoverSport Utility Vehicle, SUV, and an unspecified amount of  money, four months ago in Lagos. His confessional statement, as gathered, led to the arrest of other suspected members.
Fatai Balogun, told  Crime Alert that leader of the gang, Ade, got the highest share from Pasuma's loot.
He was the one who searched Pasuma and collected money from him. But  nobody knew the amount he got. Few days later, he bought a Toyota Camry car with the loot but gave us peanuts.  
I have gone on several operations with Ade. One of them was at Ajah area where we snatched a car at gun point along Epe road. We did that operation with Ade's car but we had a little problem on the road after Ade ran into a ditch. We had to  abandon the car when policemen came looking for us but Ade later sent atowing vehicle to retrieve the car.
Wale  brought the job that landed  me in trouble. He told me  there was a  rich man who lives in his area, that  he would want me to follow him execute the job because he does not have the expertise to do it. I accepted because the job was an easy one, as there won't  be much huddles  getting inside. We were three in number that went for the operation.
I took N120,000 and gave Wale and Gbenga their  share. I sold the laptops  we took from the man for N40,000 each and at the end, I relocated to my base in Abeokuta, Ogun State.  I don't know how Wale mishandled  the gun.
Culled from Vanguard