Man pleads guilty to iron rod theft in Lagos
An Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a 29-year-old man, Yusuf Shaibu, who pleaded guilty to stealing 12mm iron rods used in the construction of a fuel pipeline.
Shaibu, whose address was not provided, is standing trial on a three-count charge of stealing, conduct likely and assault.
The Magistrate, A.O. Ogbe, ordered the remand of the defendant until May 29 for a review of the facts of the case and sentencing.
Earlier, the police prosecutor, Inspector Adegesin Famuyiwa, told the court that Shaibu committed the offences on May 6, at about 6.00 a.m., in front of the farm settlement along Sagamu Road, LASPOTECH area of Ikorodu, Lagos.
He alleged that the defendant stole an iron rod belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and assaulted Job Ayoola by hitting him on the lower jaw.
Mr Famuyiwa said the defendant’s action was likely to cause a breach of the peace.
The prosecutor said that the offences contravened Sections 168(d), 172 and 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
(NAN)
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