Lagos Court Grants Man N10, 000 Bail For Allegedly Stealing Brother’s N172,500 Property
An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday granted N10,000 bail to a man, Obasi Phillip, who allegedly stole property worth N172,500.
The accused, 29, of No. 7, Jimoh Balogun St., Ketu, a Lagos suburb, is charged with breaking into a house, unlawful entering and theft.
The Magistrate, Mrs O. Sule Amzat, who gave the ruling, also granted the accused one reliable surety in like sum.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Ihiehie Lucky told the court that the complainant (Obasi), the accused’s elder brother, had on Oct. 20 reported the incident at Ketu Police Station.
According to him, the accused broke into his brother’s room and stole some property.
The stolen property included a flat screen tv set valued at N100, 000, a Z10 Blackberry phone valued at N50, 000 and two pairs of native dresses valued at N6, 000.
According to him, others are a pair of slippers valued at N1, 500 and a tiger generator worth N15, 000, all totaling N172, 500.
Ihiehie said the offences were committed sometime in July.
“The complainant is the elder brother of the accused and they live in the same family house before the accused broke into his room to steal.
“In the complainants’ statement to the police, he said the accused had constituted nuisance in the family and had also threatened to kill them.
“Whenever the accused is cautioned, he would be disturbing the peace of the neighborhood.
“He has refused to add value to himself and the family; he extorts from the family and makes unnecessary demands from them,’’ he said.
The magistrate adjourned the case to Oct 27 for hearing.(NAN)
