LAGOS - A Yaba Magistrate’s Court in Lagos has granted bail in the sum of N50,000 to a 23-year-old man, Lateef Salau, who allegedly burgled his co-tenant’s apartment and stole household items.
Magistrate O.S. Aka-Bashorun granted Salau (23) bail after he pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge.
Aka-Bashorun ordered Salau to produce two sureties also as a condition for the bail.
Salau was accused of breaking into Mr Christian Otubo’s apartment and stealing a television set, a power generator and N52,000.
The prosecutor, Insp. Gbemileke Ago, submitted that all the stolen items were worth N74,000 and that Salau also damaged mosquito nets in Otubo’s apartment.
He said that the alleged incident occurred at about 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 21 last year at No. 28, Adetie Str., Makoko.
Agoi said that the alleged offence contravened Sections 390 (9), 412 and 415 of the Criminal Code of Lagos State, and punishable with seven years’ imprisonment.
The case was adjourned till December 3rd for further hearing.
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