Three people woman were on Wednesday docked in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing 23 pieces of inverter batteries worth N1.5million from an MTN mast site.
The police charged Sodiq Oyeranmi, 28, a conductor, Simiyat Bakare, 37, a woman, and Kehinde Olaleye, unemployed, with conspiracy, burglary and stealing.
The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Funmi Akinleye, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on Nov. 22 at 4, Onuobi St., Off Jonathan Coker Road, Abule Egba, Lagos.
Akinleye said that the defendants stole 23 inverter batteries worth N1.5million from an MTN mast.
The offence, he said, contravenes the provisions of sections 287, 310 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Magistrate, Mrs O. O Fajana granted the defendants to bail of N300,000 with sureties in likesum.
Fajana adjourned the case until Jan . 30 for mention. (NAN)
