Teenager, Street Sweeper Arraigned Over N1.7m Jewellery Theft
Lagos—A 16-year-old maid, and 56-year-old street sweeper,
Shade Yusuf, have been arraigned before a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court, Lagos,
for allegedly stealing assorted jewellery worth over N1. 7million. The teenager
and the street sweeper are facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing
and receiving stolen items, preferred against them by the police.
During the arraignment
of the duo, the police prosecutor told the court that the defendants were
charged to court following a petition written against them by the complaint,
Oyinkansola Olanipekun, which was thoroughly investigated by the Investigation
Police Officer, Inspector Oyedele Oyekunle, who found them culpable of the
allegation
The police prosecutor
alleged that the teenager and the street sweeper committed the offence sometime
in October, at 29, Alhaji Mustafa Street, Iju-Ishaga, Lagos. The prosecutor
told the court that the teenager was living with the complaint, Oyinkansola
Olanipekun who has been her foster mother since the death of her father
He also told the
court that when the teenager stole the jewellery, she handed it over to the
street sweeper, who is their neighbour, for disposal, adding that when the
complaint discovered that her jewellery was missing, the teenager opened up
that she was the one that stole it and gave it to the street sweeper.
He also told the
court that upon revelation made by the teenager, the street sweeper was
interrogated but initially denied being given anything by the teenager, but
when she heard that the police was to be involved, she also confessed receiving
the jewellery from the teenager.
The police told
the court that upon the voluntary confession of the defendants, they were
charged to court on alleged conspiracy, stealing and receiving stolen items.
According to him,
the offense is punishable under section 411, 287(1) and 328(1) of the criminal
laws of Lagos State, 2015. However, the defendants pleaded not guilty to the
charge. In view of their not guilty plea, Magistrate O. Ojuromi, who stood in
for Chief Magistrate Kikelomo Ayeye, admitted them to bail in the sum of
N200,000, each with two sureties in like sum.
The magistrate
ordered that the sureties must show evidence of three years tax payment to
Lagos State government, means of livelihood, evidence of gainful employment.
The magistrate also ordered that all documents
tendered by the sureties must be verified by the prosecutor. The magistrate,
while adjourning the matter till January 24, 2019, for mention, ordered that
the teenager be remanded at the Idi-Araba Juvenile Home and that the Street
Sweeper be remanded at the female’s section of the Kirikiri Prison
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