A 36-year-old Caretaker, Emmanuel Chukwu was on Tuesday arraigned in a Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing N3,500 from a tenant’s saving box.
The police charged Chukwu of Wuse Zone 4, Abuja with house breaking and theft.
The prosecutor counsel, Mrs Charity Nwosu told the Court that the complainant, Bala Mohammed of the same address, reported the matter at the Wuse Zone 4 Police Station on Feb. 29.
Nwosu said the complainant claimed that the defendant criminally broke the door`s burglary and entered into his shop without his consent.
He said the defendant smartly took the complainant`s saving box and made away with his N3, 500 kept inside the box.
The prosecutor said during the police investigation, the defendant could not give a satisfactory account of his actions, adding that the offences contravened sections 346 and 287 of the Penal Code.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges and prayed the Court to grant her date to open her case against the defendant.
The Judge, Aliyu Kagarko granted the defendant bail in N50,000 with one surety in like sum
Kagarko ordered that the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and produce reliable means of identification.
He adjourned the matter until April 5, for hearing.