Man arraigned for stealing shoes, lantern

A man, Seun Odupitan (36), was on Monday brought before an Ikeja magistrates’ court, Lagos, for stealing a pair of shoes and a rechargeable lantern.

The prosecutor, Insp Ajayi Emmanuel, told the court that the defendant committed the offence around 1am on October 31, at the Ikorodu area Lagos.

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Emmanuel said that Odupitan stole a pair of shoes worth N18,000 and a rechargeable lantern worth N15,000, property of one James Oluwadamilare.

The prosecutor further told the court that the defendant was caught in possession of a police camouflage uniform and could not give a satisfactory account of how he came about it.

The Magistrate, Mrs O. I. Raji, ordered the remand of the accused and adjourned to November 18.