One Dayo Ojo resident in David Camp area of Ijoko Lemode, Ogun State, has been remanded in prison custody over a case of alleged attempt to steal.
The order for his being remanded in prison custody was given by a Magistrate Court sitting in Ifo, Ifo local government of Ogun State, presided over by R. A. Afolabi, pending when he will fulfill his bail condition.
Ojo pleaded not guilty when the three-count charge of attempt to steal was made against him at the court.
The court ordered him to provide two sureties in the sum of N100,000 each before he could be released on bail.
Ojo was reported to have, on February 17, 2019, at about 12 a.m. attempted to steal at Oposuru area of Ijoko Lemode, Ogun State, when he was said to be caught.
The charges read against him obtained by FrontPage read in part:
That you Dayo Ojo ‘M’ on the same date, tme and place in the aforementioned Magisteral District did enter into the compound of one Akeem Adebayo with intent to commit felony therein and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 412 (d) of the criminal code laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006.
That you Dayo Ojo ‘M’ on the same date, time and place in the aforementioned Magisterial District did have in your possession one knife, one rope, four screwdrivers, one plier, one scissors, two torchlights, one cap, two socks, one blade, two pickers which are instrument of house breaking and stealing that you cannot give satisfactory account of how you got them and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 417 © of the criminal code laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006.
