Salesman Arraigned For Stealing N12m Worth Of Mobile Phones

A 29-year-old salesman has appeared in court for stealing N12 million worth of phones.

Tunde Olajuwon with his gang had raided his employer's phone shop at Computer Village, Ikeja- Lagos.

The counts at an Ikeja Magistrate's Court, Lagos read in part:

"That you Tunde Olajuwon, 'male' and others now at large, on the 16th day of April 2013 at about 1.30am did conspire together to commit felony to wit stealing and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State."


According to reports, the police prosecutor, Inspector Benson Emuerhi, argued that the defendant should be remanded in custody given the severity of his crime.

But presiding magistrate, Ms. Osunsanmi, granted him bail in the sum of N500, 000 with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case until July 17, 2013.