By
Fatimah Idera
An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday sentenced Baale of Shangisha in Magodo area of Lagos, Mutiu Ogundare, to 15 years imprisonment for faking his own kidnap.
Justice Hakeem Oshodi sentenced Mutiu following his conviction on a two-count charge bordering on breach of peace and fake kidnapping.
The Baale’s brother, Opeyemi Mohammed, was also handed the same prison term while the Baale’s wife Abolanle, was set free by the court having earlier absolved her of the charges.
Ogundare who had put himself forward to be kidnapped to cause a breach of the public peace added that his brother and wife aided in the crime.
Recall that the former Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode had dethroned Baale of Shangisha in July 2017, for staging his kidnap.
