NAN-H-18
Robbery
By Boboye Moronke
Lagos, Nov. 16, 2016 (NAN) Three unemployed men, who allegedly burgled a house and stole items and cash valued at N3million, were on Wednesday arraigned.
The accused: Oyekunle Femi, 23, Ebenezer Aina, 23, and Ediae Marvellous, 22, all residing in Ojota, a Lagos suburb, are being tried for break-in and stealing at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Rafael Donny, told the court that the accused committed the offences on Nov. 10 at Abiola Garden, Ikeja.
Donny said that the accused and some others still at large burgled a house of a Chinese woman (name withheld).
“The accused beat up the woman and her house keeper after which they tied them with a rope and gagged their mouths.
“They stole her four iPhones valued at N1.2 million, N900,000 and $1, 250 , two gold watches, all valued at N3million, ” he said.
Donny also said that the accused threatened to kill the woman and her house keeper if they did not cooperate with them.
“It was when they were trying to escape that the police on patrol sighted them and apprehended them,” he said.
The offences contravened Sections 166, 170, 285 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The magistrate, Mrs Davies Abegunde, granted the accused bail in the sum of N200, 000 each with two sureties in like sum.
Abegunde adjourned the case to Feb. 14 for mention. (NAN)
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(Edited by Edith Bolokor, controlled by Peter Dada)