Stealing
By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko
Ibadan, June 11, 2024 (NAN) A 63-year-old man, Moses Sodeinde, and three others were on Tuesday arraigned before an Ona-Ara Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, over alleged stealing of pumping machines, cables and others items.
The defendants, whose addresses were not provided, were charged with conspiracy, burglary and stealing, to which they, however, pleaded not guilty.
The Prosecutor, Insp Folarunmi Adeshina, told the court that the defendants committed the offences between July and October 2023 at Oilfem Plantation Ltd. and Oyo State Small Scale Industries premises at Iyaganku area of Ibadan.
Adeshina said that the defendants broke into the offices at the aforementioned area and stole valuables worth N3,458,800.
He listed the valuables to include: pumping machines, installation pipes, wedding set equipment, hydraulic cutting machines, compressors, cables and others.
According to him, the offences contravene Sections 516, 413 and 399(9) of the Criminal Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
The Magistrate, Mr Ayorinde Ayo-Alagbe, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N500,000 each, with two sureties each in like sum.
Ayorinde, thereafter, adjourned the case till Sept. 10 for hearing. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)
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Edited by Fatima Sule Abdullahi and ‘Wale Sadeeq
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