A 28-year-old suya seller, Isah Bala, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ojo Magistrates’ court for allegedly stealing 11 bags of onions belonging to one Alhaji Sagir Bilya.
Police prosecutor Friday Eze told the court that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 285 of the Criminal Code Laws of Lagos State, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
He said the accused committed the offence on January 16 at 8p.m on Alaba-Rago Market, Ojo, Lagos.
Eze added that Bala broke into the shop of Alhaji Bilya, which was sealed with plank and removed the bags.
He said the accused was discovered by Sariki, the head of the unit where the shop was located.
The prosecutor said that sariki caught the accused conveying the bags of onion, in a wheel barrow and halted him to find out the owner of the commodity.
He said that when the Sariki questioned the accused he claimed that he purchased them earlier in the day but had no chance to convey them.
Eze said that not satisfied with Bala’s explanation, Sariki demanded to know from whom he purchased the onion and Bala told him that he purchased them from an Alhaji.
He told the court that Bilya, the alleged owner of the onion, who denied selling any onion to the accused, discovered the next day that his shop had been burgled and 11 bags of onion missing.
Eze informed the court that eight out of the missing bags had been recovered from the accused, but the accused pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Magistrate, Mr. T.O Shomade, granted Bala bail in the sum of N85,000 with two sureties in like sum and fixed substantive hearing in the case to October 29.
Source: Punch
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