Man, 27, Docked Over N60,000 Property Theft
A 27-year-old man, Samsudeen Muyideen, was on Monday arraigned in a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over alleged theft of property valued at N60,000.
Muyideen, of no fixed address, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.
The Prosecutor, Insp Gabriel Ekundayo, told the court that the accused and five others, now at large, committed the offences at No.3 Abolade St., Aguda, Surulere, Lagos, at about 3.20a.m.on March 2.
Ekundayo said the accused and five others now at large went to the scene of the incident where they entered a room and stole one laptop valued at N40,000, cell phones and cash worth N20,000.
The prosecutor put the total value of loss at N60,000.
He said that the accused entered the room jointly occupied by the complainants, Musa Bala, Adetola Sunday and Tola Isiaka, ransacked the room and stole the items and cash.
Ekundayo explained that the accused did not know that one of the complainants was awake.
“Immediately the accused stepped out of the apartment, the complainants called OPC members manning their street and they were able to apprehend Muyideen while the rest escaped,’’ he said.
The prosecutor said that the offences contravened Sections 409 and 285(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs M.I. Dan-Oni, granted the accused bail in the sum of N50,000 with one gainfully employed surety in like sum.
The case was adjourned till March 24 for further hearing. (NAN)
