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Cleaner arraigned for stealing N3.2m goods from employer

4 months ago1274 min

A 33-year-old cleaner, Charles Sunday, was arraigned on Tuesday before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing a gold chain and other items valued at N3.250,000 from his employer. Sunday, who resides at No. 15, Orchid Road, Eleganza, Lekki, is facing a charge of stealing. The Police Prosecutor, Inspector Cyriacus Osuji, told the court that the defendant committed the alleged crime while employed as a cleaner for the complainant, Mr Temitope Aremu. He...

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Two truck drivers granted N2m bail for stealing cashew nuts

4 months ago1004 min

Two truck drivers, Azeez Hassan and Musa Mohammed, have been granted N1m bail each after their arraignment before a Lagos State Magistrate Court for allegedly diverting 28,000 tons of cashew nuts worth N28m. PUNCH Metro gathered that Hassan, 41, and Mohammed, 36, were, on Friday, arraigned before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court. The truck drivers whose addresses were not given are facing three counts bordering on conspiracy diversion and stealing preferred against them by the police....

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Woman arraigned for allegedly stealing N100m from employer

5 months ago783 min

A 32-year-old woman, Nnoma Nze, accused of stealing N100m, from her employer, was on Thursday arraigned before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court in Lagos State. Nze is facing three counts bordering on conspiracy, fraud, and stealing, brought by the police, against her. The alleged crime occurred over a span of nearly a decade, from 2015 to 2024, at the Onilekere Cement area in Lagos State. According to the prosecution, Nze allegedly conspired with others, who are...

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Marketer arraigned for stealing N4m goods in Lagos

5 months ago774 min

The Lagos State Police Command, on Monday, arraigned a 33-year-old marketer, Adewale Odegbesan, for allegedly stealing products worth N4m. He was arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court, Yaba, before Magistrate O.Y. Adefope with the defendant charged with three counts of conspiracy to steal and theft. The charges alleged that the defendant committed the offences between June 2023 and February 2024 at the Betty Distribution Company, Drop Point, Ajangbadi, Lagos, and conspired to steal products worth...

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Driver arraigned for allegedly stealing employer’s N22m

5 months ago1244 min

A 33-year-old driver Oluwatosin Eko, was on Tuesday, arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrate Court, in Lagos, sitting at Ebute-Metta, for allegedly stealing N22,280,000, from his employer. Eko was arraigned on two counts bordering on conspiracy, and stealing preferred against him, by the police. The Police Prosecutor, Inspector Cyriacus Osuji, told the court that the defendant and others now at large conspired amongst themselves to commit the alleged theft. Osuji said that the incident occurred at...

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Driver arraigned for allegedly stealing N25m solar panels

5 months ago6584 min

The Lagos State Police Command, on Monday, arraigned a 32-year-old bus driver, Olusola Olaniyi, for allegedly stealing 80 pieces of solar panel structures worth N25m. Olaniyi was arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court, Yaba, before Magistrate Patrick Nwaka and charged with two counts of conspiracy to steal and theft. The charges alleged that the defendant, on May 17, 2024, conspired and stole 80 pieces of solar panel structures worth N25m belonging to one Ololade Olawuyi....

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Two jailed 14 years for stealing iron rods in Anambra

5 months ago6403 min

A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Amawbia, Anambra State, on Monday, sentenced two men, Philip Avatus and Pius Dickson, to seven years imprisonment each, for stealing rods worth N1.1m in the state. Both men, who hail from Taraba State, pleaded guilty to the conspiracy, theft and malicious damage levelled against them. The court presided over by Chief Magistrate, Mike Anyadiegwu, noted their remorse and sentenced them to seven years each, with the terms running concurrently....

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Man arraigned for stealing N700,000 motorcycle in Ekiti

5 months ago954 min

A 23-year-old man, Ajayi Sunday, was arraigned by the Ekiti State Police Command before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a motorcycle. The police prosecutor, Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi, alleged on Thursday that the defendant stole one red Bajaj motorcycle valued at N700,000 belonging to one Adeniyi Segun. He said, “The defendant committed the offence on July 13, 2024, at about 07.30p.m in Ido-Ekiti. The offence committed contravenes Section 302(1)(a) of the Criminal Law...

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Two restaurant attendants arraigned for stealing laptops in Lagos

5 months ago6333 min

Two restaurant attendants, Armstrong George, 24 and Osinachi Edwin, 21, were on Tuesday arraigned before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court, in Lagos State for allegedly stealing laptops worth N670,000, from their employer. The duo are facing two counts bordering on conspiracy and stealing preferred against them by the police. The police prosecutor, Inspector Cyriacus Osuji, told the court that the defendants committed the alleged offences at about 11 pm, on July 21, 2024. He said the...

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Hired thugs kill man for stealing brother’s doors in Anambra

5 months ago61911 min

Some yet-to-be-identified hired thugs have beaten a 28-year-old man identified as Kingsley Okoye, to death for allegedly stealing and selling his elder brother’s doors from a construction site. The incident, PUNCH Metro gathered, happened in Okpuno Umuogali community of Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Sunday. The deceased was accused of selling some “foreign doors” he allegedly removed from a yet-to-be-completed building belonging to his overseas-based elder brother, Joseph Okoye,...

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