Toyin Aimakhu’s ex-lover sent to Kirikiri Prison for stealing phones

Despite spirited denial, Seun Egbegbe, the ex-lover of popular Nollywood actress, Toyin Aimakhu, was on Thursday arraigned for phone theft.
The movie producer and music promoter was arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.
Egbegbe was arrested and arraigned for stealing two iPhone 7, with value put at N840,000, and seven iPhone 6s, each said to cost N294,000.
He was caught with the phones, with total value put at N2.878 million, on Tuesday at the popular Computer Village in Ikeja.
The Magistrate, Aje Afunwa, granted him bail in the sum of N1 million and two sureties in the like sum.
Afunwa ordered Egbegbe, who pleaded not guilty to the charges, to be remanded in Kirikiri Prison pending the perfection of his bail conditions.
Egbegbe reportedly took the phones out of Kaalcech Innovations and Consultancy on Medical Road in Ikeja without paying for them.
However, Egbegbe denied stealing the phones in a statement.
He said in the statement by his publicist: “My attention has been drawn to an online publication of the aforementioned. The story is pretty laughable and better left in the court of public opinion. Ordinarily, I do not want to join issues with the writer of the publication but I have a responsibility to set the records straight for my fans, friends and foes, in the defence of the truth.
“To say the least, the news did not only grossly misinform unsuspecting public; it also portrays traces of campaign of calumny by some mercenary hirelings hell bent in destroying my name, for reasons best known to them.
“Having read with keen interest the completely self-serving spirited attempt to destroy my person, it has become imperative and timely that a rejoinder is written to state the fact clearly. I want to state here categorically and emphatically that though I was at Computer Village to address some issues, I was never arrested for stealing 10 iPhone 7s, as stated by the writer of the story, the matter has since been resolved by the Nigeria Police; and the issue of me stealing phone is devilish from the said writer.
“Finally, I wish to inform the general public to discard the report. I am presently at home relaxing.”