An Egba high chief Kehinde,Sofenwa and two from Igbore town in Abeokuta, Ogun State, have been brought before an Abeokuta Chief Magistrates Court on Wednesday by the Police over alleged theft of building materials.
They were alleged to have stolen roofing sheets and planks worth Two Million and Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N2,500,000) property of Waheed Balogun family
and kept the same in their personal house
Also arraigned alongside Chief Kehinde Sofenwa, who is the Baatun of Egbaland is one Seyi Onifade and others at large.
According to the Police Prosecutor, CSP Rawlings O, the accused Seyi Onifade Male 50, Years, Kehinde Sofenwa, Male 57 Years, and others at large, were in a suit no MA/599C/23, sometimes in the month of October. 2023 at about 10:30 in the morning at the Oke-Itoku area of Abeokuta in the Abeokuta Magisterial District did willingly and
maliciously damaged the family property of Waheed Balogun by removing the
roofing sheet and planks of their house without their consent.
The Police also said the two accused “did steal roofing sheet and planks worth Two Million and Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N2,500,000) property of Waheed Balogun family
and kept the same in their personal house, and thereby committed an offense
contrary to and punishable under section 383 of the Criminal Code Vol. II
Reviewed Law of Ogun State of Nigeria 2006.
That you Seyi Onifade M’ and Kehinde Sofenwa M’ and others at large on the same date, time and place in the aforémentioned Magisterial District did conspired together to commit felony and offence contrary to and punishable under section 516 Reviewed Law of Ogun State of Nigeria 2006.
Ruling on the bail application, Chief Magistrate E.O Idowu granted the two accused a bail of Three million naira with two sureties and Landed Property with evidence of three year tax payment.
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