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Man docked for allegedly stealing N50,000 during Police interrogation
A 25–year-old man, Kehinde Abiodun was on Tuesday docked in a Badagry Chief Magistrates’Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing N50,000 while being interrogated in a police station.
Abiodun, whose address was not provided, is charged with felony and theft.
He however, pleaded not guilty to all the charge.
The prosecutor, ASP Edet Ekpo told the Court that the defendant committed the offence on Oct.7, at the Morogbo, Police Station along Badagry expressway, Lagos.
Ekpo alleged that the defendant stole N50,000 while undergoing interrogation, property of Ms Rebecca Immosemi, the complainant.
Ekpo said the defendant was earlier brought to the station for conspiring with others to steal property worth N121,000 belonging to Usman Mohammed.
“The defendant was arrested and handed over to Police for prosecution.
“The offences contravenes the provisions of Sections 411 and 287 of the Criminal Lagos, 2015,” he said.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Nurudeen Layeni granted the defendant bail in the sum N500,000 with two sureties in the like sum.
He said that one of the sureties must be a community leader
Latino adjourned the case until Oct 22, for mention
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