3 men bolt with hire purchase motorcycle in Lagos
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Motorcycle
By Deborah Akpede
Lagos, Sept. 20, 2016 (NAN) Three friends — Idowu Olarenwaju, Segun Adebore and Nuru Sanni — charged with stealing a hire purchase motorcycle valued at N170,00, were on Tuesday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.
The trio — Olarenwaju, 19; Adebore, 28; and Sanni, 40 — is being tried for conspiracy and stealing.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Micheal Unah, told the court that the accused committed the offences on Sept. 12 at Meiran on Lagos-Sango/Ota-Abeokuta Expressway.
He said that the accused conspired to steal a motorcycle valued at N170,0000, property of Mrs Adebukola Adegoke.
Unah said the complainant gave her motorcycle to the first accused, Olarenwaju, on hire purchase at the rate of N250,000, and he later came to tell her that the motorcycle had been stolen.
“Olanrewaju, also said he gave the motorcycle to his friend, the second accused, Adebore, and when the second accused was summoned, he said he gave it to the third accused, Sanni, who said the motorcycle had been stolen.”
The offences contravened Sections 285 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Section 285 provides that the accused may be sentenced to a three-year imprisonment if found guilty.
The accused pleaded innocence of the offences and were granted a bail of N50,000 each with one surety each in like sum.
The Magistrate, Mrs O.A. Gbajumo, adjourned the case to Oct.10 for mention. (NAN)
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(Edited by Folorunso Poroye & controlled by Dele Akinsola)