The police alleged that the defendant threatened to kidnap his landlord.
Mr Leo said a vigilante group caught the defendant stealing chairs from a shop belonging to the complainant, Bello Maigari.
The 25-year-old man, Ahmed Abdulkadir, pleaded guilty to stealing the cold room compressor worth N60,000, and was remanded in a correctional centre.
On Wednesday, the court’s registrar told Peoples Gazette that the judge was absent due to health reasons.
The convict pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court for leniency.
The 22-year-old trader was given an option of N10,000 fine and ordered by the court to pay compensation of N45,000 to the complainant.
Two persons on Wednesday appeared before the Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for obtaining N13 million on a false pretence of changing it to dollars.
The prosecution counsel alleged that the defendant stole the complainant’s iPhone valued at N266,000.
The suspect was granted N200,000 bail with two sureties in like sum.
The security guards were said to have been sleeping on duty while some persons gained access to an apartment and robbed.
