2 charged with stealing 4 cell phones,N70,000 cash
By Deborah Akpede
Ikeja, Sept. 20, 2018(NAN)Two men, Rasaq Olatunde and Kazeen Malik, were on Thursday arraigned in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly stealing
4 cell phones, and N70,000 cash
Olatunde, 25, a tailor, and Malik, 30, an unemployed, both residents of Agege, Lagos, were arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and stealing, offences they denied committing.
The Magistrate Mrs F.F. George, granted them bail in the sum of N200,000 each, with two sureties each in like sum and adjourned the case until Oct. 10 for mention
The prosecutor, Sgt. Godwin Awase, alleged that the defendants committed the offences on Aug. 24 at Ogba, Lagos.
He said that the accused persons and others still at large, conspired to steal the bag of one Marvelous Brown, containing four cell phones worth N164,000 and N70,000 cash.
“The complainant was sent to the bank by his employer to deposit N70,000, he put the money in the bag that contained his employer’s cell phones.
“On his way, the accused persons approached him and asked him for direction, the complainant told them he does not know the place and they engaged him in another conversation.
“Before the complainant knew what was happening, he found himself in an unknown place.
“They asked him his age, he told them he was 17-year-old, they collected the bag from him, told him to count 17 poles, which he complied.
“After he finished counting the poles and returned to the place, they had ran away with the bag.”
The prosecutor said that the complainant sighted one of the defendant’s after 12 days and alerted the police and the accused was arrested.
The offences contravened Sections 287 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 287 attracts three years jail term while Section 411 attracts two years imprisonment. (NAN)
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Edited by Obike Ukoh
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