Theft
By Oluwatope Lawanson
Lagos, July 25, 2018 (NAN) A 40-year-old businesswoman, Maryann Emeziem, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged theft of fairly used cloth valued at N567,000.
Emeziem, who resides at Ikeja Area of Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of obtaining under false pretences and stealing.
The prosecutor, Insp. Benson Emuerhi, told the court that the accused committed the offences sometimes in 2012 at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.
Emuerhi said the accused obtained a bag of fairly used cloth, shoes and bags, but failed to remit N567,000 being the proceeds after sales.
“The accused fraudulently obtained the goods from the complainant, Charity Odion, and promised to remit the money after sales, but failed to do so.
“The accused sold the wares and converted the money to her personal use.
“All efforts made by the complainant to get the accused to refund the money proved abortive,” he said.
He said the offences contravened sections 287 and 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The accused, however, had pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 287 (7) provides a seven-year jail term for offenders.
Chief Magistrate O. Sule-Amzat, granted bail of N50, 000 with two responsible sureties in like sum to the accused.
Sule-Amzat said that the sureties must be blood relations of the accused, adding that they should show evidence of two years’ tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
She adjourned the case until Nov. 29 for mention. (NAN)
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Edited by Felix Nwadioha/Olagoke Olatoye