A 30-year-old scavenger, Tanimu Ibrahim, has appeared before a Dei-Dei Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing a digital scale, worth N38,000.
The police charged Ibrahim with criminal trespass and theft.
The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Chinedu Ogada, informed the court that on Nov. 22, the complainant, Mrs Esther Edeh, of Byazhin Across, Kubwa, Abuja, reported the matter at Dutse Alhaji Police Station.
He said on the same date, the defendant criminally and intentionally intruded into the complainant’s compound, located at Military Pension Board, Kubwa, without her consent.
According to the prosecutor, the defendant stole the complainant’s digital scale, valued at N38,000 and escaped to an unknown place, adding that he, however, resurfaced days after and was apprehended and handed over to the police.
The prosecutor said that during the police investigation, the defendant could not give a satisfactory account of himself.
Ogada said that the offences contravened Sections 348 and 288 of the Penal Code.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Judge, Saminu Suleiman, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N20,000, with one surety in like sum, ordering that the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and produce reliable means of identification and then adjourned the matter till Jan. 9, 2024, for hearing.
