Police bring charges against man in Ekiti for allegedly stealing generator

Fatoyebi Kola, 32, was charged by the Ekiti State Police Command on Wednesday in an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court with generator theft.

The offender, whose address was withheld, is facing a single theft count and is awaiting trial.

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ASP Caleb Leramo, the Police Prosecutor, told the court that the defendant had committed the offence in Orun-Ekiti on December 24 at around 9:00 a.m.

According to him, the complainant, Ajibade Gbenga, had three tiger generators at his store that were stolen by the defendant, valued at approximately N300,000.

He said that the offence violated Ekiti State’s 2021 Criminal Law’s sections 324(1) and (2).

In order to review the case file and gather his witnesses, he begged the court to postpone the hearing.

Despite not having a lawyer, the defendant entered a not guilty plea to the charge that was presented against him.

He was granted bail in the amount of N50,000 with one surety in the same amount by Chief Magistrate Saka Afunso, who also postponed the case to January 8 for a hearing.