NAN-H-27
Airport
By Oluwatope Lawanson
Lagos, Aug. 30, 2017 (NAN) A 27-year-old security guard, Peter Obeh, on Wednesday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a mobile phone at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA).
The accused, whose address was not given, is facing a charge of stealing to which he pleaded not guilty.
Obeh, an aviation security guard at the airport, while working at Air-Peace Airline’s counter, allegedly stole a Samsung Galaxy Note phone, belonging to the complainant, Mr Taofiq Tijani.
The prosecutor, Insp. Simeon Imhonwa, told the court that the accused committed the offence at the airport on June 13.
Imhonwa said that the accused was caught by a team of aviation security officials attached to MMIA.
“The accused was arrested on the third floor at the open bay of the MMIA and could not give satisfactory account of
the stolen item.”
The offence contravened Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accused may be sentenced to three years imprisonment on conviction, according to the Criminal Law.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs B.O. Osunsanmi, granted the accused a bail of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
She said the sureties must be gainfully employed with an evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State Government and adjourned the case until Oct. 23 for trial. (NAN)
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(Edited by Folorunso Poroye/Dele Akinsola)