Court remands NURTW chieftain Kokozaria for assaulting actor, Lawori

• Famous Lagos socialite and a member of the National Union of Road Transport (NURTW), Kokozaria, is to be remanded in prison pending the perfection of his bail conditions.
• According to reports, the chief judge at the Lagos state Magistrate court has asked for Kokozaria to be held in custody at the Nigerian Correctional Services.
• Kokozaria was accused of assaulting Nollywood actor Lawori and conspiring with his boys to commit a felony, which has been tagged as a threat to life.

Famous Lagos big boy and a chieftain of the NURTW, Ganiyu Oyedepo, better known by his street name, Kokozaria, is to be remanded in prison for allegedly assaulting Nollywood actor Ade Adele, better known as Lawori.

The controversial personality was accused of conspiring with his boys at a party in Idimu, Lagos, on June 25 to harm the Nollywood actor Lawori.

According to the court documents making the rounds online, one of Kokozaria’s boys smashed the head of Lawori with a bottle and stabbed him with broken pieces.

The report stated that Kokozaria was charged to court on four counts of assault occasioned with harm, conspiring to commit a felony, procurement to inflict harm on another and a conscious breach of peace.

After the reports about his arrest went viral, Kokozaria took to his social media handle to share a video of himself dancing with one of his daughters.

In another video, some artisans were heard hailing and praying for the NURTW chieftain while noting that his enemies would only try but would never be able to catch him.

However, there are claims that Kokozaria is currently not in Nigeria and has fled to the United States days before the court asked that he be remanded in jail till he meets his bail conditions.

WITHIN NIGERIA earlier reported that Lawori made a video accusing Kokozaria of sending his boys to beat him up at a party in Lagos.

Below are the court documents making the rounds and some of the reactions that trailed the court’s pronouncement:

gg_fabulous_agba_akin: “This one dan go step on toes 😂😂😂 den dan find one offense give am gbam #If u know u know …if u don’t gerrit forget about it.”

toluwatee: “What is now at large,the boyz nko,them no remand them,y is it only Koko name we dey see.”

deolamimi: “The boy that did it is at large so why find koko guilty of an offense committed by another?”

mr_t_events: “As e no Dey with Oluomo again.”

yurel.korede: “Zaria no go go prison, connection plenty.”

stylebyhod: “Person wey dey Texas, dem no dey catch breeze.”

nbj479: “He don enter ham. Scapegoat. Naija. Use and dump.”

officialcoded21: “Person way Dey USA. Una too Dey whine for this country.”