News Investigators/A Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan, has remanded four young women for alleged theft of several bottles of perfumes valued at N2.4 million.
The defendants are Oluwabukunmi Adesanya, Eunice Adeniyi, Rukayat Ajibola and Sarah Ajibode.
They pleaded not guilty to a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy and theft preferred against them.
The Court’s President, S.M. Akintayo, admitted the defendants to N500,000 bail each with two reliable sureties each in like sum.
He ordered that the sureties must show evidence of three years tax payment to the Oyo State Government.
Mrs Akintayo, however, ordered that the defendants be remanded at Agodi Correctional Centre, pending the fulfilment of their bail condition.
He adjourned the case until Feb. 3, 2025 for hearing.
Earlier, the Police Prosecutor, Insp Ayodele Ayeni, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on Dec. 21, at about 12.00 p.m. at Sele Junction, Mokola area of Ibadan.
According to Mr Ayeni, the defendants stole different types of perfumes valued at N2.4 million.
He said that the items stolen belonged to one Mrs Fatima Ajibode, the owner of Teemoh shops.
He said that the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 516 and 390 (9) of the Criminal Code, Cap 38, Vol. ii, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria.
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