Three men, Bashiru Musa, 38, Umaru Ababakar, 38, and Tomiwa Charles, 20,
on Friday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a
jewellery worth N1.1 million.
The defendants, who all reside in Ishaga area of Lagos, are facing two-count
charge of conspiracy and stealing.
The Prosecutor, ASP Ezekiel Ayorinde, told the court that the defendants
committed the offences with one other person still at large on Sept. 11 at Agege
area of Lagos.
Ayorinde said that the defendants stole the jewellery belonging to the
complainant, Mrs Abosede Adenike.
“The complainant got home, discovered that her room had been ransacked
and her jewellery stolen.
“After several investigations, it was discovered that it was the defendants that
stole the jewellery,” the prosecutor said.
He said the offences contravened Sections 287 and 411 of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State, 2015.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 287 prescribes three
years jail term for stealing, while Section 411 attracts two years for conspiracy.
The Magistrate, Mrs B.O Osunsanmi, released the defendants on bail in the
sum of N200,000 each with two sureties in like sum.
Osunsanmi said that all the sureties should be gainfully employed with
evidence of two years tax payments to the Lagos State Government.
She adjourned the case until Nov. 18 for mention.
Court remands 7 in prison for
alleged house breaking, theft
A Chief Magistrates’ court, sitting in Ilorin, has remanded seven suspects in
prison for alleged criminal conspiracy, house breaking, theft, receiving stolen
property and illegal possession of fire arms.
The Chief Magistrate, Jimoh Salihu, gave the order on Friday.
The accused persons included Ngochukwu Solomon, 35, Muritala Kannike, 34,
Lekan Gabriel, 22, Kabiru Shittu, 26, Idris Yusuf, 42; Amunega Femi and
Nasiru Adeola, 27.
The accused persons, who all live within the Ilorin metropolis, are facing a
five-count charge.
The prosecutor, Insp. Yakub Isaac, told the court that the suspects committed
the offence on Sept. 24 at Onipe street, Ajegunle, Sango area of Ilorin.
He said one David Femi, of the said address, reported that on the same date,
he took his children to school and before he returned, his house had been
broken into through the window.
Isaac listed the items stolen from the complainant’s house to include one
pump action gun and cartridges, valued at N650, 000, one home theatre
electronic, valued at N120,000, one stabiliser, valued at N25,000 and one
microwave, valued at N60,000.
He said that among the stolen items were a necklace, valued at N60,000, and
three mobile phones, traced to the first accused person, Solomon, adding that
his arrest led to the arrest of other accused persons.
The prosecutor said that their arrests led to the recovery of the pump action,
the three mobile phones, home theatre electronic and stabiliser.
Isaac said that investigations conducted revealed that one of the accused
persons, Gabriel, intentionally broke into the house of the complainant, stole
the aforementioned items and sold some to another accused person, Kannike.
He said that Kannike resold the items to Solomon, Yusuf and Femi, while
Adeola bought the said pump action from Gabriel through Shittu.
The prosecutor said that the offences were contrary to Sections 97, 354, 288,
317 of the Penal Code and Section 3 of Robbery and Firearms Act.
The accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charges, while the chief
magistrate adjourned the case till Oct 8.
