A Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday granted N100,000 bail to a teenager, Emeka Ezenwa, who allegedly vandalised a stationary luxury bus and stole some parts valued at N101,000.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs T.O. Abayomi, who gave the ruling, said the accused should produce two sureties in like sum.
She said one of the sureties must be a career civil servant, while the other surety must be a blood relation of the accused with an evidence of tax payment.
Ezenwa, 18, whose address was not provided, had pleaded guilty to the first count of charge of stealing and pleaded not guilty to the second count charge of unlawful damage.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Oluwagbenga Salami, told the court that the accused committed the offences on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway by Fatgbems Filling Station, Ijeshatedo, Lagos, on July 29 at a12.30.a.m.
He alleged that the accused stole one car stereo valued at N8,000, one TV monitor valued at N15,000 and some cables worth N22,000.
Salami also said the accused damaged the dashboard of the vehicle valued at N30,000 and the engine cover board valued at N26,000, totalling N101,000, property of Chika Obialor and Danjuma Tiwo.
The offences contravened Sections 287 and 350 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State 2015.
The case was adjourned until Aug. 11 for mention.