A 30 year-old man
identified as Samodi Olorodo has been charged to court on Thursday for
allegedly theft of 18 tubers of yams and a bunch of vegetables.
The accused pleaded not
guilty to the one count-charge preferred against him.
The Prosecutor, Insp.
Olakunle Shonibare, told the court that the offence was committed on Aug. 1 at
about 10:00 a.m. in the Oke-Odo Area of Osiele, Abeokuta.
Shonibare said the
accused stole 18 tubers of yams valued at N10, 000 and a bunch of vegetables
worth N50, property of one Mr Adeney Safiu.
According to him, at
about 10:00 a.m. when the complainant got to his store, he saw the accused
person coming out from his store with the tubers of yam and a bunch of
vegetables on his head.
He was interrogated but
he could not give a reasonable answer, which led to his arrest.
The prosecutor noted
that the offence contravened Sections 516, 383 and 390 of the Criminal Code,
Laws of Ogun, 2006.
The Magistrate, Mr Idowu
Olayinka, ordered that the accused be remanded at the Federal Prisons, Ibara,
to enable the police carry out more investigation.
He adjourned the case to
Oct. 5, for further hearing.
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