Police charge man with theft after he allegedly stole television

Gilbert Israel, 20, was charged by Lagos State police on Tuesday before the Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court with stealing a N20,000 Sanyo television.

The defendant, who does not have a definite address, is accused of theft and of two felonies.

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The court was previously informed by the Police Prosecutor, ASP Ikem Uko, that the defendant had committed the offence on January 2 at No. 10, Olufunmi Bankole Str. Ibiye, in the Badagry neighbourhood of Lagos.

According to Uko, the defendant broke into Sunday Bankole’s home with the intention of committing a crime.

According to him, the defendant took one 10-inch Sanyo television, which was worth N20,000.

He claimed that the offences violated Lagos State’s 2015 Criminal Laws, Sections 308 and 287.

The accused was granted bail in the amount of N50,000 with two sureties in an equivalent amount by Chief Magistrate Mr. T. A. Popoola.

Popoola deferred the matter to January 30th, for further consideration, ruling that the sureties must be law-abiding citizens of Lagos State who work gainfully for a respectable enterprise or government organisation.