Judiciary
A labourer, Fatai Muhammed, was on Thursday docked before a Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing building materials worth N124,000.
The defendant, who resides in Jabi Village, Abuja, is standing trial on a count charge of theft.
The prosecutor, Mr Ferdinand Orji, told the court that the complainant, Mr Ifeanyi Ugwu of Lento Village, Abuja, reported the matter at the Life Camp Police Station, Abuja, on Aug. 9.
Orji said that the complainant, sometime in July, employed the defendant as a labourer to be carrying blocks in his construction site.
The prosecutor alleged that four days after the defendant started work at the site, the complainant discovered that the store where materials were kept had been broken into.
He alleged that a vibrating machine valued at N112,000 and a binding wire worth N12,000 were missing.
He said that the defendant absconded after the alleged theft but was arrested after a week, at a different location.
The prosecutor said the offence contravenes the provisions of Section 288 of the Penal Code.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The judge, Mohammed Wakili, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N200,000 and a surety in like sum.
He ordered that the surety must provide his BVN printout, two recent photographs and a valid identification card.
Wakili adjourned the case until Oct 6, for hearing ( NAN)
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