The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned three men, Stanley Gabriel, Yusuf Olaitan, and Ifeanyi Ogbu, before the court of law, for stealing roofing sheets estimated at N60 million belonging to a company, Landing Zhao, in the Dopemu area of the state.
The suspects were arraigned before a Magistrate court presided over by Adeola Olatunbosun on three counts of stealing and receiving stolen goods.
The prosecutor, Rita Momoh, said that two of the defendants, Gabriel and Olaitan, illegally withdrawn the items from the warehouse of the company, sold them to Ogbu and others still at large, and then shared the proceeds among themselves.
She said that the two suspects, Olaitan and Ogbu, were first arrested and charged to court before the third defendant was also apprehended and charged to court.
The prosecutor also told the court that the defendants carried out the offence between January and May 2023 at No. 1, Shitta Street, Dopemu, Lagos.
She observed before the court that the offences were at variance with the provisions of Section 411, 297(7), 328(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015.
The charges read, “That you, Yusuf Olaitan, Ifeanyi Ogbu, and others at large, between January to May 2023, at No. 1, Shitta Street, Dopemu, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did steal Gerald roofing sheets valued at N60 million, properties of one Landing Zhao, and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 287(7) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015.
“That you, Ifeanyi Ogbu, and others at large, on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned Magisterial District, did receive Gerald roofing sheets valued at N60 million from one Yusuf Olaitan and others at large, knowing well that it was stolen property of one Landing Zhao and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 328(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015.”
All the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them.
The magistrate granted them bail in the sum of N500.000 with two responsible sureties each.
Magistrate Olatunbosun adjourned the case till August 11, 2023, for hearing.
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