The police in Lagos have dragged three men before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court over allegations of stealing and receiving stolen cables worth N6.5 million.
The defendants, Jude Jeremiah, Chika Okonkwo, and Chukwudi Okoya, appeared in court on Thursday.
They are in court for conspiracy, stealing and receiving stolen goods.
According to the prosecutor, ASP Raji Akeem, the offences were committed between March 27 and April 4, at Ajegunle Street, Ilupeju, Lagos.
Akeem told the court that the first defendant, Jeremiah, who worked as a tiler at the site of the complainant, Alhaji Ibrahim Shonoiki, stole cables worth N6.5 million, which he sold to the second and third defendants.
Akeem said the offence contravene Sections 287 and 328 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
When the charges were read to them, the defendants pleaded not guilty.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Bola Osunsanmi, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N1 million each with two sureties in like sum.
Osunsanmi adjourned the case until July 27 for mention.
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Similarly, the Delta State Police Command has arrested suspected armed robbers and recovered two locally made cut-to-size guns.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday in Asaba, the state capital.
The statement read, “On June 6, 2023, operatives of the Agbor Police Division, while on patrol along Baleke Street, Iregua Agbor, sighted a motorcycle with three passengers carrying a bag.
“On sighting the policemen, two of the passengers who later gave their names as Collins Anthony, 34, and Stephen Goddey, 30, both residents of Agbor, jumped off the motorcycle and ran away.
“The policemen went after them and arrested them. During a search, one locally-fabricated cut-to-size pistol and one live cartridge were recovered from them.”
Edafe said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects belong to a criminal syndicate terrorising the Agbor community and its environs.