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25-year-old bus conductor, Azeez Olaifa, who allegedly snatched a lady’s
handbag, was on Tuesday granted N50,000 bail by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court,
Lagos.
The
Magistrate, J.A. Adegun, ordered the accused to produce one surety in the like
sum as part of the bail conditions.
He
said that the surety must his blood relation.
Adegun
also said that the surety must be gainfully employed and should provide
evidence of two years’ tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
Olaifa,
a resident of No. 1, Wasiu Olayinka St., Ijoko, Ogun, was arraigned for
conspiracy and stealing, which contravened Sections 285 and 409 of the Criminal
Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Under
the Criminal Law, the accused may be sentenced to three years imprisonment on
conviction.
The
Prosecutor, Babaji Ishaku, told the court that the accused conspired with two
others still at large to perpetrate the crime with a motorcycle.
He
said that the accused and his accomplices stole a handbag containing a mobile
phone valued at N15, 000 and a cash sum of N6, 000 belonging to one Nkechinyen
Okezie.
The
prosecutor said that the offences were committed on March 10 at about 4.30
p.m., at Ajegunle area, Alagbado suburb of Lagos.
The
accused, however, denied the charges.
The
court adjourned the case until April 21 for mention
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