Carpenter docked for stealing cables
A 32-year-old carpenter at Eko Atlantic City, Francis Humbe, has been arrested by the police for allegedly burgling a firm, Eko Pearl Construction Company.
The police said Humbe, from Benue state, was caught by the firm’s security guards carting away 50 meters of armoured electrical cables valued at N250, 000.
According to a source, at about 3 a.m. on January 4, one of the firm’s guards was on patrol when he reportedly saw the suspect hacking away the cables with a saw blade.
He raised the alarm and along with his colleagues, they chased the suspect and wrestled him to the ground.
It was gathered that Humbe told the police afterwards that his wages of N2000 per day had not been paid since 2016 and that his wife and newborn baby were on admission at the hospital with no money to settle their hospital bills.
Humbe, who lives at 20, Oguntolu Street, Ijaiye, Lagos was arraigned yesterday at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on a charge marked Q/01/2017.
He is standing trial before Mr. P. A. Adekomaya on a count of stealing.
Prosecutor, Corporal Friday Mameh, told the court that the offence contravened Section 285(7) of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2011.
Humbe pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Magistrate Adekomaya granted him N50, 000 bail with two sureties in like sum and adjourned till January 25.
