By Blessing Ibegbu
Abuja, March 6, 2023 (NAN) A Karu Upper Area Court in Abuja on Monday ordered that a 32-year-old unemployed man, Chibinyerem Martins be remanded in a correction centre for allegedly stealing a woman’s cell phone worth N150,000.
The judge, Malam Ishaq Hassan, ordered that the defendant be remanded until May 11 for proper investigation and for bail determination.
The police charged Martins with theft, being in possession of items suspected to have been stolen and wandering.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Olarewaju Osho, told the court that the defendant committed the crime in Dec. 2022.
The police alleged that the defendant assisted Ms Veronica Madaki to a hotel where she was expected to lodge.
He said that the defendant stole her Samsung cell phone, worth N150,000.
The police said that on Feb. 14, the defendant was apprehended at the Nyanya Market and after a thorough search on him, the police discovered a laptop, one Infinix phone and one iPhone suspected to have been stolen.
During police investigation, he said, the defendant could not give a satisfactory account of himself.
The offence, the police, said contravenes the provisions of sections 287, 405 and 406 of the Penal Code (NAN
By Blessing Ibegbu
Abuja, – A Karu Upper Area Court in Abuja on Monday ordered that a 32-year-old unemployed man, Chibinyerem Martins be remanded in a correction centre for allegedly stealing a woman’s cell phone worth N150,000.
The judge, Malam Ishaq Hassan, ordered that the defendant be remanded until May 11 for proper investigation and for bail determination.
The police charged Martins with theft, being in possession of items suspected to have been stolen and wandering.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Olarewaju Osho, told the court that the defendant committed the crime in Dec. 2022.
The police alleged that the defendant assisted Ms Veronica Madaki to a hotel where she was expected to lodge.
He said that the defendant stole her Samsung cell phone, worth N150,000.
The police said that on Feb. 14, the defendant was apprehended at the Nyanya Market and after a thorough search on him, the police discovered a laptop, one Infinix phone and one iPhone suspected to have been stolen.
During police investigation, he said, the defendant could not give a satisfactory account of himself.
The offence, the police, said contravenes the provisions of sections 287, 405 and 406 of the Penal Code (NAN
