A 50-year-old man, Kazeem Tunde, on Thursday, appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing his customer’s Toyota Hiace bus catalytic converter (catalyst) valued at N950,000.
The defendant, a panel beater, who resides at Obawole area, Ifako Ijaiye, Lagos, is standing trial for stealing, conspiracy and causing breach of the peace.
The prosecutor, ASP Matthew Akhaluode, told the court that the offences were committed on January 12 at 2, Adeyeri Street, Ogba, Lagos.
Akhaluode said that the defendant and one other, now at large, stole a the bus catalyst belonging to his customer, one Mr Kabir Akingbolu.
He said that the bus had a fault and the defendant, who was repairing it, could not explain the whereabouts of the bus’s catalytic converter.
The offences, according to the prosecutor, contravene Sections 168, 287 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The magistrate, Mrs M. F. Onamusi, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N200,000, with two sureties in like sum.
Onamusi adjourned the case till February 17 for mention.
(Vanguard)