Akinwunmi Ambode
By Our Reporter
Victor Abayomi, the chef of the former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has been remanded in prison for allegedly stealing valuables worth millions from the Ikoyi residence.of the former governor.
Chef Abayomi was remanded by a Sabo-Yaba, Lagos Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday, March 11, 2024.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr. Peter Nwaka, ordered the remand of the defendant for 30 days in Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
Nwaka, however, adjourned the case until April 8, for investigation and presentation of facts.
Abayomi, whose house address was not provided, is standing trial on a two-court charge of conspiracy and theft.
Earlier, the legal officer, Joshua Babalola, an official of the Department of State Service (DSS), told the court that Abayomi and some others still at large committed the offences at the residence of the former governor.
Babalola alleged that the defendant carted away valuable items worth millions of naira from his employer’s residence at Ikoyi.
He said the defendant absconded to Old Garage, Molorundo Local Government Area of Osun State, where he was arrested by Ambode’s DSS on March 7.
The offences, Babalola said, contravened sections 287 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
