By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko
A Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, Ibadan, on Thursday, ordered the remand of a 42-year-old man, Afeez Mudashiru, in Agodi correctional facility after pleading guilty to stealing phones.
Mudashiru, whose address was not provided, is facing a three-count charge.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while the defendant pleaded guilty to the first two charges, he pleaded not guilty to the third.
The Prosecutor, Mr Philip Amusan, told the court that the defendant committed the offences sometime in 2022 and June 2023 at Dugbe area of Ibadan.
Amusan said that the defendant stole a phone worth N145,000, belonging to one Lateef Sikiru.
He said that Mudashiru also stole another phone worth N120,000, property of one Abiodun Olaoye, without his consent.
The prosecutor further stated that the defendant, on May 15, 2023, equally stole one Infinix phone worth N260,000, property of one Abdul Qudus.
The offences, according to him, contravene Section 390(9) of the Criminal Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
President of the court, Mrs Moji Aworemi, remanded the defendant after he had pleaded guilty to the first two count charges.
Aworemi granted him a bail in the sum of N250,000, with two reliable sureties in like sum, on the third count charge.
She, thereafter, adjourned the case till June 6 for review of facts. (NAN)
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