Court granted N50,000 bail for the man who stole a N25,000 cell phone

Chief Magistrate Abiodun Etti of the
Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court on
Thursday granted Shola Afeez bail in the
sum of N50, 000 with a surety.
Afeez was alleged to have stolen a
Microsoft cell phone valued at N25, 000.
Etti ordered that the surety must provide
evidence of tax payment to the Lagos
State Government while he adjourned
the case to Jan. 7 for further hearing.
Afeez, 25, and unemployed was residing
at No 5, Senami St., Topo in Badagry,
Lagos State, is facing a charge of
stealing.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Innocent
Uko, told the court that the accused
committed the offence on Dec. 1.
Uko alleged that the accused stole the
phone from Miss Sarah Akinsanya.
“The victim was walking on the street
when the accused quietly walked up to
her and took her phone from inside her
bag.
“The victim noticed it, raised an alarm
and the suspect was apprehended by
passers-by,’’ he said.
Uko said that the offence contravened
Section 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos
State, 2011.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that Section 285 prescribes a
three- year imprisonment for convicted
offenders.
Afeez, however, pleaded not guilty to the
charge.
The counsel to the accused, Mr Dotun
Kinrin, urged the court to grant his
client bail since it was a bailable offence.