The police, on Thursday, arraigned a 24-year-old man, Adedayo Emmanuel, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a cell phone.
The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a charge of stealing.
The Police Prosecutor, Insp Sodiq Adeniyi, told the court that the defendant and others at large committed the offence on March 17 at about 10:00 a.m. in Iworoko-Ekiti.
Adeniyi said that the defendant and others at large stole one Iphone and one wrist watch, both valued at N530,000, belonging to one Ige Olansile.
According to him, the offence contravenes Section 302(a) of the Criminal Laws of Ekiti State, 2021.
The prosecutor urged the court to adjourn the case to enable him study the file and assemble his witnesses.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him by the police.
Counsel to the defendant, Mrs Adunni Olanipekun, urged the court to grant her client bail, with a promise that he would not jump bail.
The Chief Magistrate, Dolamu Babalogbon, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N100,000, with one surety in like sum.
She, thereafter, adjourned the case till June 6, 2024 for hearing.
(NAN)
