The police on Wednesday arraigned one Mr Gemanen Ihyaa, before a Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court for allegedly trespassing into a plot of land and stealing laterite worth N10 million.
Ihyaa, of Musa Ujah Road, Kubwa, Abuja, is standing trial on a two-count charge of criminal trespass on land and theft.
He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him by the police.
The prosecuting counsel, E.A Inegbenoise, told the court that the defendant, between November 2022 and December 2022, criminally trespassed into a plot of land located at Guzape District, Abuja to commit the offence.
Inegbenoise said that the defendant made away with laterite on the plot, which was later valued at N10 million without the consent of the company, Webword Solutions Limited.
He added that the case was reported by one Danjuma Tsadu on behalf of the said company at the FCT Police Command on June 16, and was referred for further investigation.
According to him, the offences committed contravened the provisions of sections 348 and 287 of the Penal Code.
The Magistrate, Abdulmajid Oniyangi, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N5 million with two sureties in like sum.
He ordered that the sureties must reside within the jurisdiction of the court and that their addresses must be verified by the court’s registrar.
Oniyangi further ordered that the sureties should submit their passport photographs, appointment letters, office identity cards and letters of introduction from their offices before release.
He then adjourned the case until Oct. 19 for hearing. (NAN)
