A 35-year-old man, Ismaila Lukman, on Friday appeared earlier than an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court docket for allegedly stealing a Bajaj bike valued at N1.3 million.
Lukman, whose handle was not supplied, is standing trial on two counts of stealing and breach of peace.
The prosecutor, Insp. Olubu Apata instructed the court docket that the defendant dedicated the offences on July 16 at roughly 3:30 p.m. on the Oja Oba market in Ado-Ekiti.
He alleged that the defendant stole a Bajaj bike valued at N1.3 million belonging to the complainant, Jimoh Opeyemi.
The prosecutor defined that the complainant had given the bike to the defendant on a hire-purchase settlement, however had transformed the bike to his private use.
Apata additionally alleged that the defendant had performed himself in a fashion more likely to trigger a breach of the peace.
In keeping with him, the offences contravene Sections 302 and 181(d) of the Prison Regulation of Ekiti State, 2021.
He urged the court docket to adjourn the case to permit him time to evaluation the file and current his witnesses.
The defendant, nevertheless, pleaded not responsible to the cost most popular towards him.
Counsel to the defendant, Mr Paul Ayantoyinbo, urged the court docket to grant the defendant bail, with a promise that he wouldn’t leap bail.
The Justice of the Peace, Mr Olatomiwa Daramola, granted the defendant bail within the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.
He adjourned the case till Aug. 21 for listening to.
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