The police in Lagos State , western Nigeria , have
charged to court a member of the Lord ’ s
Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement, Mr .
Lawrence Nwandu , who drove the tipper
involved in an accident in which 13 people were
killed along the Oshodi -Apapa Expressway last
month.
Nwandu was arraigned on Tuesday before the
Oshodi Magistrates ’ Court on a three - count
charge of negligence, malicious damage and
causing injury under the Criminal Code .
The first count read: “ That you, Lawrence on 19
November, 2013 did negligently drive a truck
with registration number JJJ 824 XD belonging
to the Lord ’ s Chosen Charismatic Renewal
Movement at Ijesha and caused the death of the
victims . ”
According to the charge sheet , those who died
in the accident included Ifeoma Amagun, 39,
Hammed Ibrahim , 35, Taiwo Adesanya , 56, Ester
Tella and Folake Fashina , 39.
The police also alleged that Nwandu caused the
death of a pregnant woman , Omolara Lawal , 38
and aborted her pregnancy.
The police prosecutor further alleged that
Nwandu wounded Emma Iyere and this led to
the amputation of one of his legs.
The prosecutor told the court that Nwandu ,
while driving a tipper on the Oshodi -Apapa
expressway injured Margaret Adeleke , Naijim
Lamidi , Akeem Salau and Sikiru Abidemi .
Nwandu was also alleged to have damaged two
LT buses with registration numbers XX 609 FST
and XK 959 EPE, a mass transit bus with
registration number KDC 166 KE and a jeep with
registration number KSF 581 AV.
When he was arraigned , he pleaded not guilty to
the charges .
The presiding magistrate , Mrs . A . Ipaye-
Nwachukwu who stood in for Magistrate A. A
Fashola granted him bail in the sum of N 1m
with two sureties in like sum .
One of the sureties , she directed , must be a
blood relation while the other must be a senior
pastor at the Lord ’ s Chosen Charismatic
Renewal Movement.
The court also ordered the prosecutor to
duplicate his file and send it to the DPP for
advice.
The matter was adjourned to 16 January , 2014 .
Nwandu was remanded in prison custody at the
Kirikiri Prisons , Lagos , pending the fulfillment of
the conditions attached to his bail .

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