A 19-year-old boy, Muiz Adeleye, whose address is unknown, has been docked for allegedly attempting to steal from a provision shop.
The defendant, who was arraigned on Friday for theft, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Prosecution Counsel, DSP Gbemileke Agoi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on April 14 at about 2 am at No 7 Olubi Street in the Ikorodu area of Lagos.
According to Agoi the store that the defendant attempted to steal from belongs to one Mrs Oshikoya Adefunke, who is the complainant.
He told the court that crime committed by Adeleye contravenes the provisions of Section 406 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs A.B Olagbegi-Adelabu, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N50,000 with a surety in like sum.
Olagbegi-Adelabu ordered that the address of the surety must be verified.
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She adjourned the case until May 18 for mention.
In another news, a Karu Upper Area Court sitting in Abuja on Friday sentenced a man, Sabiu Akilu, to four months in prison for constituting a nuisance.
The judge, Mr Ishaq Hassan, however, gave the convict an option of N10,000 fine and warned him to desist from disturbing public peace.
The convict, who has no fixed address, had pleaded guilty to a count charge of constituting a nuisance after injunction to discontinue.
The prosecutor, Mr Olarewaju Osho, told the court that Akilu was arrested by a team of policemen from Asokoro Police Station on March 15.
He said the team led by DSP Courage Erhabor while on patrol, arrested the convict and three others at Kasuan Dere, Asokoro Village while he was disturbing public peace.
He said that during the police investigation, the convict could not give a satisfactory account of himself.
The alleged offence contravenes Section 199 of the Penal Code.