Man, 30, remanded for allegedly stealing hotel’s cable

A Grade A Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, has remanded a 30-year-old man, Philip Ndati, in a correctional centre for allegedly stealing four bundles of cable worth N200,000. Ndati pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge of stealing and unlawful possession brought against him by the police. The court president, Mrs S.M. Akintayo, granted […]

A Grade A Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, has remanded a 30-year-old man, Philip Ndati, in a correctional centre for allegedly stealing four bundles of cable worth N200,000.

Ndati pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge of stealing and unlawful possession brought against him by the police.

The court president, Mrs S.M. Akintayo, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N200,000, with two reliable sureties in like sum.

Akintayo ordered Ndati’s remand at the Agodi Correctional Centre after he failed to meet the bail conditions.

The case was adjourned until Sept. 8 for hearing.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Ayodele Ayeni, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on July 30, at about 12.35 p.m., at Premier Hotel, Mokola, Ibadan, Oyo State. (NAN)