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  • Shopkeeper charged with stealing employer’s N403,000 goods

    A 26-year-old shopkeeper, Bisola Bello, on Friday appeared at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court charged withstealing his employer’s N403,000 goods.

    The accused, who resides in Mushin, Lagos, is standing trial before Magistrate A. Ogundare, on a charge of stealing, an offence he
    has denied.

    Police Prosecutor Emmanuel Ajayi alleged that the accused committed the offence on Oct. 5 at Olumorokun Street, Mushin.

    According to him, the accused stole N403,000 belonging to his employer, Mrs Titilayo Fashina.

    “The complainant stocked her shop with goods and employed the accused to manage it.

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    “The theft was discovered when the complainant came to audit the account and the shop … she discovered that goods worth
    N403,000 were missing,” he told the court.

    Ajayi said when the accused was questioned he could not give a satisfactory answer as to the missing goods.”She was arrested and handed over to the police.”

    The offence violated Section 287 (7) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The section stipulates seven years imprisonment for offenders.

    The magistrate granted the accused bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.

    He said the sureties should be gainfully employed with an evidence of two years’ tax payment and adjourned the case until
    Nov. 7 for mention.

    NAN

  • Police arraign transporter for alleged stealing

    The police on Monday arraigned a transporter, Timothy Oyinbe, 32, in  an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N100,000, belonging to a company, Chukwu bu Ikem Motors.

    The accused, who resides at No. 10, Ogota Road, Abakaliki in Ebonyi, is facing a two-count charge of disobedience to regulations and stealing.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.

    The Prosecutor, Sgt. Emmanuel Ajayi, told court that the accused committed the offences on March 17 at No. 169, Abeokuta Express Way, Iyana-Ipaja, near Lagos.

    Ajayi alleged that the accused disobeyed the rules and regulations of the company by taking the company’s bus beyond the booked destination and collected N100, 000 from passengers.

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    The offences contravened Sections 122 and 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

    The News men report that Section 287 stipulates a seven-year imprisonment for offenders.

    The Magistrate, Mrs G.O. Anifowose, granted the accused bail in the sum of N50, 000 with one surety in like sum.

    She said that the surety must be gainfully employed and should also have his address verified by the court.

    Anifowose adjourned the case until April 11 for mention.

    NAN

  • Businessman in court over N24m fraud

    Businessman in court over N24m fraud

    For allegedly defrauding a man of N24million, a 36-year-old businessman, Isah Mohammed, was on Monday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

    Mohammed, a resident of Badagry area of Lagos State, is being tried for fraud and stealing.

    According to the prosecutor, Sgt. Emmanuel Ajayi, the accused committed the offences sometime in the month of May at Ladipo market, Mushin, Lagos.

    He said that the accused ran away with N24million belonging to Mr Chinedu Fredrick.

    “The accused bolted with the money to an unknown destination,’’ he said.

    Ajayi said that the complainant, who was a businessman, gave money to the accused to help him send to a person’s account in China, who will help him buy his goods.

    “The accused collected the money and disappeared into thin air.

    “Efforts made to collect the money back proved unsuccessful as the accused refused to pick his calls.

    “The accused was later arrested and handed over to the police,” he said.

    The offences contravened Sections 287 and 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015(Revised).

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 314 prescribes a 15-year jail term for fraud.

    The accused pleaded innocence of the offences and was granted bail in the sum of N1million, with two sureties in like sum.

    The Magistrate, Mrs F.A Azeez, said that the sureties should be gainfully employed and show evidence of two years tax payments to the Lagos State Government.

    The case was adjourned until Sept. 19, for mention.

  • Forex operator in court over N5.3million fraud

    Forex operator in court over N5.3million fraud

    A 33-year-old businessman, Tunde Adedoyin, who allegedly converted N5.3million belonging to one Oyekunle Oyewole to his own use, was on Monday granted N500,000 bail by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

    Adedoyin, a resident of the Isolo area of Lagos, had pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of stealing and fraud.

    The Magistrate, Mrs F.A. Azeez, also asked the accused to produce two sureties, as part of the bail conditions.

    According to the Prosecutor, Sgt. Emmanuel Ajayi, the accused committed the offences on May 13 at Oguntayo St., Mushin, Lagos.

    Ajayi said that the accused allegedly collected the money from the complainant under the pretext of selling US dollars to him, which he did not.

    Ajayi said the complainant approached the accused, who was into the foreign exchange business, to assist his in-law based in the United States, to change currency for his children’s school fees.

    “The complainant gave the bank account of his brother-in-law to the accused for him to send the dollars to his account, while he remitted to him in naira here in Nigeria.

    “The complainant’s brother-in-law later called to inform him that he got the alert, but no money was in his account.

    “It was later discovered that the alert was a scam and the accused was arrested,’’ he said.

    The offences contravened Sections 287 and 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 314 prescribes a 15-year jail term for obtaining money under false pretences.

    The case was adjourned until Aug. 8, for mention.

  • Student arraigned for break-in, theft

    A 17-year-old secondary school student, Jamiu Ibrahim, who allegedly broke into his school and stole nine ceiling fan regulators valued at N30,000, was on Wednesday released on N50,000 bail on the orders of an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

    The Magistrate, Mrs. F. A. Azeez, who gave the ruling, also granted the accused a surety, who must be gainfully employed with an evidence of two years’ tax payment to the Lagos State Government.

    Ibrahim, whose address was not provided, is facing a charge of theft.

    He, however, entered a `not-guilty’ plea.

    But the Prosecutor, Sgt. Emmanuel Ajayi, said the accused committed the offence on April 19 at Birch Freeman High School, Mushin.

    According to him, the accused unlawfully entered the school premises and stole nine ceiling fan regulators worth N30, 000, property of the Lagos State Ministry of Education.

    “The accused, a student of the school, was caught with the items when he wanted to escape at the school gate.”

    The offence contravened Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the section prescribes a three-year jail term for offenders.

    The magistrate adjourned the case until May 17 for mention.