The police, on Thursday, arraigned a 35-year-old man, Oluwaseyi Samuel, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly receiving stolen property.
The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a charge of receiving stolen property.
He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him.
The prosecutor, Insp Olubu Apata, told the court that the defendant committed the offence sometime in Aug. 2025 in Ado-Ekiti.
Apata alleged that the defendant received stolen laptops, phones and power banks valued at N1 million from one Sanmi Ajayi.
He said that the property belonged to one Chuckwu Ndumbisi, the complainant.
He said that the offence contravened Section 343(2) (a) and (b) of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.
The prosecutor urged the court to adjourn the case to enable him study the file and assemble his witnesses.
The counsel to the defendant, Mr Femi Olarewaju, urged the court to grant his client bail, with a promise that he would not jump bail.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Taiwo Ajibade, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N20, 000 with one surety in like sum.
She adjourned the case till June 26, for hearing. (NAN)
