A 56-year-old man, Tajudeen Lateef, yesterday was arraigned at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly breaking into a food vendor’s shop and stealing a pot of soup and N10,000.
Lateef, who lives at Atan, near Ota in Ogun State, is being tried for stealing.
He pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutor Mike Unah insisted that the accused committed the offence on May 3 at 27, Isiaka Street, Oko-Oba, Agege, a Lagos suburb.
He said the accused broke into the shop of the complainant, Tawa Amusa, ransacked it and stole a pot of soup, valued at N3,000, and N10,000.
He also stole a phone, valued at N3,000 belonging to Jamiu Onifade, Unah said.
“The accused was, however, caught by security guards who were near the scene”
The offence contravenes Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Magistrate A.A. Fashola granted bail to the accused at N10,000 with one surety.
He said the sureties must be employed with an evidence of tax payment, and adjourned till May 28.