Two men, Olawumi Funso, 30, and Ojo Samuel, 32, were on Wednesday arraigned in an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing electrical wires.
The
Prosecutor, Insp. Johnson Okunade, said that the defendants of no fixed
addresses committed the offence sometimes in September, 2017 at new
Omisanjana Area in Ado-Ekiti.
Okunade
said that the accused persons stole a bundle of cable wire, cartons of
junction box valued at N75,000, property of Oyewole Funke.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 390 of the Criminal Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
The
defendants pleaded not guilty and their counsel, Mr Babatunde Falade,
and Mr Busuyi Ayorinde, urged the court to grant them bail.
The
Magistrate, Mrs Modupe Afeniforo, granted bail to the accused persons
in the sum of N50,000 each, with two sureties each in like sum and
adjourned the case until Sept. 29 for hearing.