Magistrate E. Kubeinje, granted bail to Sholanke, who allegedly stole an Infinity Note 2 phone from the pocket of Mr Jerry Okon in front of car wash bus- stop along Oworonahoki/Gbagada Express way, Lagos.The defendant had pleaded not guilty to counts of conspiracy and stealing.
The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Lucky Ihiehie, told the court that the defendant and others still at large, stole the phone at 6.30p.m on March 7. Ihiehie said that the defendant removed the phone from the complainant’s back pocket as he was rushing to board a bus along with other passengers.He said that the defendant who tried to cross to the other side of the road to hand the phone to his accomplices, was caught by a bus conductor .
Ihiehie submitted that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 287 and 411of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
vanguardngr D message from d Nigerian Judicial System is simple:Make sure u steal in trillions, billions or at least millions, so we can hv some of it & ask u to return 10% in d name of 'plea bargain'.We will punish u hard if u waste our siti tim by stealing small tins cos u will pay double
vanguardngr Pick pocket should have stolen an iPhone instead of ITEL palasa
vanguardngr This is the Nigerian judicial system. I thought the thief should have been given the opportunity of a 'Plea Bargain' to pay less than the worth of the phone. Or is it because it did not run in 'Billions'?