The police in Ekiti State have arraigned three defendants, Ajanaku Lekan (24), Akingbade Sodiq (19) and Ajalume Seun (24) at the Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate Court over stealing.
The prosecutor, Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the defendants and others at large on May 27 at about 2pm at Ilawe-Ekiti, stole rice valued at N50,000 belonging to one Oladipo Tope.
Inspector Oriyomi said the offences were punishable under Sections 421, 302(1)(a) of the Criminal Laws of Ekiti State, 2021.
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Counsel to the defendants, Barrister Adunni Olanipekun, urged the court to grant his clients bail, a request which Chief Magistrate Abayomi Adeosun granted in the sum of N20,000 each with one surety in like sum and adjourned the case till July 17, for hearing.
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