Court jails driver for theft

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An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 40-year-old driver, Mutiu Adekunle, in prison for pleading guilty to stealing employer’s N180,000.

The Magistrate, Mrs L.Y Balogun remanded the accused to Kirikiri prison and adjourned the case to May 16 for sentencing.

The accused, resident at 3 Temidare St., Okedayo Ijoko, Ogun State is facing a two-count charge of bothering on stealing.

The prosecutor, Inspector Racheal Williams told the court that the offences were committed between March 30 and April 15 2016 at 315, Iju Road, Ishaga, a suburb of Lagos.

Williams said that the accused was the driver of the complainant, Mr Victor Olaleye.

According to her, the complainant gave the accused his Zenith bank ATM card and gave him his pin number to withdraw money for him.

“The accused later stole the ATM card and was withdrawing money from the account until the complainant wanted to use the card and did not find it,” she said.

The prosecutor said that the accused later saw a debit alert from his account through a text message and went to the bank to complain.

“It was at the bank that the accused was discovered through a CCTV camera and was apprehended, ” she said.

The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 284 and 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

The accused pleaded guilty to the offences.

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