A Point of Sale operator, Thomas Success, who allegedly received a ransom on behalf of kidnappers, was on Monday arraigned at an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State.
Success, 30, arraigned on a two-count charge of receiving ransom and stealing, however, pleaded not guilty to the offences.
The Prosecutor, Inspector Jacob Samuel, told the court that the defendant had committed the offences in the month of August 2021 in Ikorodu area of the state.
He alleged that the defendant had received the sum of N500,000 with his PoS machine knowing same to be proceeds from the kidnap of the late Chizoba Samuel.
The alleged offences, the prosecutor said, contravened Sections 287 and 406 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The Magistrate, O.O. Akingbesote, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties each in like sum.
Akingbesote said that the sureties must be gainfully employed and be resident within the court’s jurisdiction.
She adjourned the case until March 10 for trial.
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