Двум молодым людям в Нигерии назначили залог по делу о краже кабеля насосной станции

Two men, Afo Ayomide and Sanusi Suleiman, were on Thursday arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing pumping machine cable. The defendants, Ayomide, 18, and Suleiman, 19, of unknown addresses, are facing a three-count charge of stealing, receiving stolen property and breach of peace. The prosecutor, Insp Sodiq Adeniyi, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on Aug. 9, at about 10.00 a.m., at the Oke-Iyinmi area in Ado-Ekiti. He alleged that the first defendant, Ayomide, stole pumping machine cable and four borehole taps valued at N180,000, property of L.A. Nursery and Primary School, Oke-Iyinmi. Adeniyi also alleged that the second defendant, Suleiman, on Aug. 9, at about 12.00 a.m., at Irona area in Ado-Ekiti, unlawfully received pumping machine cable from Ayomide. He said the cable was reasonably suspected to have been stolen. According to him, the conduct of the defendants was likely to cause a breach of peace. He said the offences contravened Sections 302, 343 and 181(1)(d) of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021. The prosecutor asked the court for an adjournment to enable him to study the case file and present his witnesses. The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them. Counsel to the defendants, Mr Hassan Saliu, urged the court to grant them bail, promising that they would not jump bail. In her ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Dolamu Babalogbon, granted bail to the defendants in the sum of N50,000 each, with one surety each in like sum. She adjourned the case until Sept. 10 for hearing. (NAN).