The Court of Appeal in Lagos has upheld the 15-year jail term for Mutiu Ogundare, the dethroned Baale of Shangisha in Magodo, Lagos State, for faking his own abduction. Ogundare had appealed against the judgment of the lower court, but the three-man panel of justices led by Justice Peter Bassi affirmed the sentence in counts one and two, while overturning count three.
As a result, Ogundare’s sentence was reduced to 12 years, with 10 years for counts one and two, and two years for count three. Ogundare’s wife and brother were also prosecuted in connection with the case.
The incident occurred in July 2017 when Ogundare staged his own kidnapping to blackmail the state government. He was later removed as the Baale of Shangisha by the former governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode.
