3 remanded for stealing Fayose PA’s Fifty thousand dollar in Ekiti govt house
Three suspects, Bamidele Temitope, 36, Afolabi Sunday, 42 and Shuaib Amidu, 67 were on remanded in prison custody in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday for allegedly stealing Fifty thousand dollar belonging to Fayose’s Parsonal Assistant Sunday Omosilade.
The 25 million dollars which is estimated to be about N25 million naira when converted to Nigeria money was said to have been stollen by the three accused in about a week ago from the government house lodge.
The police prosecutor, Sgt. Caleb Leranmo told the court that, the accused persons committed the offence on December. 29 at the Ekiti State Government House Lodge in Ado-Ekiti.
He alleged that, the accused persons did conspire together to commit felony to wit stealing, thereby committed an offence punishable under section 516 of Criminal Code, Cap C16, laws of Ekiti State 2012.
According to the prosecutor “the accused persons, on the said date did unlawfully stole 50,000 USD (Fifty thousand dollar) belonging to one Sunday Omosilade.”
He said the accused persons thereby committed an offence punishable under section 390 of the Criminal Code, Cap C16, Laws of Ekiti State 2012.
The prosecutor alleged that one of the accused persons, Shuaib Amidu was also arrested on December 30 at Mugbaba area in Ado-Ekiti .
He said the accused become an accomplice after the fact of felony to one Afolabi Sunday when he change 20,000 US dolllar (Twenty thousand dollar) out of the stolen money to Naira denomination for the first accused when arrested.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravened section 519 of the Criminal Code, Cap C16, Laws of Ekiti State 2012.
The accused persons pleaded not guilty to the charges, while their counsel, Mr Busuyi Ayorinde applied for their bail but the court told him to formalise his application.
Chief Magistrate Adesoji Adegboye, consequently remanded the accused persons in prison custody, and adjourned the case to January 16 for further hearing.
