A businessman Mohammed Ibrahim, was on Tuesday arraigned in a Gwagwalada Upper Area Court, FCT for allegedly stealing a cell phone and the sum of N100,000.
The police charged Ibrahim who resides in new market Jos, Plateau State with theft.
The Prosecution Counsel, Abdullahi Tanko told the court that the complainant, Sekinat Samaila of Angwan Azara Gwagwalada, FCT reported the matter at the police station on Feb. 18.
Tanko said the defendant entered the complainant’s shop at Demonstration road, Gwagwalada, and stole her Itel D15 phone valued at N30, 000 and a cash of N100, 000.
He said that during police investigation, the phone was recovered from the defendant but the money was yet to be recovered.
Tanko said that the offence contravened the provision of Section 287 of the Penal Code.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Judge, Sani Umar admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N120,000 with one reasonable surety who must reside within the jurisdiction of the court.
Umar ordered that the address of the surety must be verified by the court staff and the surety must provide a valid means of identification.
He said that the surety must provide two recent passport photographs, adding that in default the defendant should be remanded in Nigerian Correctional Centre Suleja.
Umar adjourned the case until March 30 for hearing.