A 41-year-old driver, Moses Eromosele, Wednesday, appeared before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing six bags of onions worth N780,000.
Eromosele, a resident of Goni-gora Kaduna, pleaded not guilty to the offence of stealing, when the charge was read to him.
The prosecutor, Mr Chidi Leo, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Sept. 10 in Kaduna.
Leo said that the complainant, one Haruna Usman reported the alleged theft of six bags of onions which he intended to convey from Pambegua to Kawo Market in Kaduna.
The prosecutor said that policemen from the Gabasawa Police station, Kaduna, where the case was reported, thereafter arrested the defendant.
Leo said that the offence allegedly committed contravened Section 217 of the Kaduna State Penal Code, 2017.
Subsequently, the Chief Magistrate, Mr Ibrahim Emmanuel, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N200,000 with one surety in like sum.
Emmanuel said the surety was required to provide the court with proof of three years tax payment to the Kaduna State Government.
He adjourned the matter until Oct. 15, for hearing.
