Officials of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence
Response Team, Lagos, have detained a driver, Abah Ali, for allegedly stealing
the vehicle of his employer.
It was gathered that Ali was employed by a company, Gharsu
Service Limited, in July 2018, as a driver to the Chief Operating Officer.
It was gathered that 24 days after the resumption, the suspect
made away with the company’s Toyota Highlander.
According to his
statement to the police, the Borno State indigene said he stole the vehicle over
a sack threat he received.
He said, “I asked my boss for money to take care of my
mother, who is very sick in the village, but he shouted at me and threatened to
sack me. That was why I was tempted to steal his vehicle that was in my care.
“I got a buyer, who offered to pay me N1.2m for the vehicle.
An initial sum of N500,000 was given to me. I left for my hometown without the
knowledge of my wife before I was arrested by the police. My intention was to
return to Lagos to resolve the matter and plead with my boss.”
The 31-year-old was arraigned before an Ogba Magistrates’
Court on two counts of stealing.
The charge read, “That you, Abah Ali, and others at large,
on July 20, 2018, around 9.30am at Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, in the
Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire among yourselves to commit felony to
wit; stealing, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 411 of
the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.
“That you, Abah Ali, and others at large, on the same date,
time and place, in the aforesaid magisterial district, did steal one silver
Toyota Highlander 2008 model, with number plate LSR 37 EY, and two HP laptops,
valued at N8.5m, the property of Gharsu Service Limited, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 280 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of
Nigeria, 2015.”
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The presiding magistrate, Mr A. A. Fashola, admitted him to
bail in the sum of N250,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Fashola ruled that the sureties must be gainfully employed
with evidence of three years’ tax payment to the Lagos State Government and
must have their addresses verified by the court.
He added that they must present their bank statements for
three months and reside within the court’s jurisdiction.
The case has been adjourned to May 27, 2019.
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