An Ado- Ekiti Magistrates ’ Court has remanded two men, 19 - year -old Samuel Usang and 22 -year - old Jeremiah Alex , over alleged burglary and stealing of T-shirts , bag, noodles and cash.
Usang and Alex are facing two counts of burglary and stealing .
The police prosecutor , Insp . Caleb Leranmo told the court on Wednesday that the defendants , on March 24 around 12 midnight broke into the shop of one Olawale Alex at Okesa Market in Ado -Ekiti.
“ In the process, they stole 12 T- shirts valued at N30 ,000 , school bag valued at N4 ,000 , noodles valued at N7 ,700 and cash of N10 ,000 , total valued at N51 ,700 belonging to Olawale Alex ” , the police prosecutor alleged .
Leranmo said the offence contravened section 413 ( 1 ) ( 2 ) and 390 ( 9 ) of the Criminal Code , Laws of Ekiti State , 2012 .
The prosecutor asked for an adjournment to enable the police to duplicate the case file and forward to Director of Public Prosecution for legal advice .
The court did not take the plea of Usang and Alex .
The Magistrate, Mrs Taiwo Ajibade, who adjourned the matter till April 24 for mention , ordered that the defendants be remanded in prison custody , pending advice from the office of DPP .
