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Man, 27, remanded for stealing N260,000 from hotel customer

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A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Lagos on Wednesday, ordered the remand of a 27-year old man, Haruna Ishola, for pleading guilty to stealing property valued N790,000.

The Chief Magistrate, Fadahunsi Adefioye, remanded Ishola after he pleaded guilty to a count charge bordering on stealing.

Adefioye ordered that the defendant should be remanded in Awhajigoh Correctional Centre, Badagry.

The magistrate adjourned the case until Aug. 23, for facts and sentencing.

Earlier, the prosecutor, ASP Clément Okuoimose, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on July 16 at about 10.30 p.m., at Legacy Hotel, Abule Era Ijanikin area of Lagos.

Okuoimose said that the defendant who is a staff of the hotel stole N260,0 00 from a customer of the hotel, one Kareem Saheed, the complainant, who lodged at the hotel.

He said Ishola stole the money when he went to clean the room of the complainant at the hotel.

The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 287 the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. (NAN)

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