The police Tuesday arraigned a 36-year-old applicant, Chidiebere Okafor, in a Kado Grade 1 Area Court Abuja for allegedly conspiring and stealing a laptop, iPhone and N104, 000.
The police charged the accused of New Nyanya, near Abuja with criminal conspiracy and theft.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Prosecution Counsel, Stanley Nwafoaku, told the court that on August 18 at about 3:20 p.m., one Martin Oleru of Ademola Adetokunbo Street in Wuse 2, Abuja reported the matter at the Wuse Police Station.
Nwafoaku alleged that on that date, the defendant and his accomplice, one Francis Chidiebere, now at large, conspired and broke into the complainant’s office at Wuse 2.
He alleged that the defendants, stole Oleru’s HP laptop, iPhone 6 and N104, 000 from his office and absconded.
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He said that during police investigation, the defendant was arrested, while his accomplice was yet to be apprehended, adding that the offence contravened Sections, 97 and 287 of the Penal Code.
The Defence Counsel, Charity Nwosu, made an oral bail application, citing Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Section 158 of Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, assuring that the defendant would not jump bail, if bail was granted.
The defence counsel also assured that the defendant had a reliable and gainfully-employed surety.
The prosecution counsel did not object to the bail application made by the defence counsel.
The Judge, Mohammed Wakili, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N200, 000 with one surety in like sum.
Wakili ordered that the defendant must provide a reliable surety, who must reside within the jurisdiction of the court.
He added that the surety must provide a BVN print out, two recent passport photographs and a valid identification card, which must be verified by the court’s registrar.
The judge adjourned the case until October 4 for hearing.
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