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Phone
By Oluwatope Lawanson
Lagos, Nov. 30, 2016 (NAN) A 19-year- old phone repairer, Nwafor Chibike, was on Wednesday granted N100,000 bail by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing a phone, valued at N74,000.
The Magistrate, Mr A.A. Adesanya, also ordered the accused to provide two sureties in like sum.
Adesanya said the sureties must show evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
Chibike, a resident of No. 31, Abeokuta St., Okunola, Egbeda, Lagos, is facing a one- count charge of stealing.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Nwosu George, told the court that the complainant, Daniel Jackson, on Nov. 12 gave the accused a phone for repairs but failed to return it.
“Chibike claimed he took the phone to another engineer for further repairs, who allegedly lost the phone.
“All efforts to get back the phone from the accused proved abortive; so, he was arrested,’’ he said.
The offence contravened Section 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The magistrate adjourned the case to Dec. 12 for mention. (NAN)
LAW/HS/WOJ
(Edited by Halima Sheji / Wale Ojetimi)
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