A 22-year-old businessman, Shadrach Adingedi in a Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja for allegedly stealing 20 pigs worth N1.4 million.
The police charged Adingedi of Tudunwada village Lugbe, Abuja with theft.
The Prosecution Counsel, Mr Steven Osho told the court that on January 5 the complainant Chijeoke Ndubuisi of the address reported the matter at Lugbe Police Station.
Osho said that from October 2023 to date the defendant made away with the complainant’s 20 pigs valued N1.4 million.
He told the court that the defendant pretended to be the owner of the stolen pigs but during police investigation he could not give a satisfactory account of himself.
Osho said that the offence contravened sections 287 and 327 of the Penal Code.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Judge, Aliyu Kagarko, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N2 million, with one surety in like sum.
Kagarko ordered that the surety must be a level 10 civil servant and must reside within the court’s jurisdiction.
He said the surety must produce reliable means of identification and thereafter, adjourned the matter till January 31, for hearing.
