Stealing
By Raji Rasak
Badagry (Lagos State), June 11, 2024 (NAN) The Police in Lagos on Tuesday arraigned four men before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a Haojue lady’s motorcycle.
The defendants, Sodiq Sunday, 29; Azeez Monsuru, 19; Dada Musa, 43 and Bankole Agosu, 45, whose addresses are unknown, are standing trial on a two-count charge of felony and stealing.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Prosecutor, ASP Edet Ekpe, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on June 1, at about 5.30.a.m., at Aradagun area of Lagos.
Ekpe said that the defendants conspired among themselves to commit felony to wit: stealing.
The prosecutor said that they stole one Haojue lady’s motorcycle, valued at N1.5 million, belonging to one Nasiru Usman, the complainant.
The offences, he said, contravened Sections 411 and 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos state, 2015.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr N.A. Layeni, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 each, with two sureties each in like sum.
He said that one of the sureties must be gainfully employed while the other must be a civil servant.
Layeni adjourned the case till July 17 for mention. (NAN) (www.nanews.ng)
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Edited by Chidi Opara and ‘Wale Sadeeq
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