Man in court over alleged phone theft
A 29-year-old man, Philip Nwafor, has been charged before an Ado-Ekiti High Court for alleged housebreaking and stealing.
A Samsung phone stolen by the suspect during a burglary operation was tracked by the Police which led to his arrest and eventual arraignment. Other items stolen by the accused person were yet to be recovered by the Police at the time he was charged to court.The police prosecutor, Insp. Oriyomi Akinwale, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on April 21 at about 12:30 pm at Block 6, Ekiti State Federal Housing in Ado-Ekiti.
The prosecutor asked the court for an adjournment to enable him study the case file and present his witnesses.Counsel to the defendant, Mr. Olawumi Olowolafe, urged the court to grant his client bail and promised that the accused would not jumpThe Magistrate, Mrs Modupe Afeniforo, in her ruling granted the defendant bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.
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