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A transporter, Victory Okoteye, who allegedly impersonated a police officer and stole a Volkswagen bus valued at N800, 000, was on Friday brought before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.
The 45-year-old, who lives at 45, Araromi St, Bariga in Lagos, is arraigned for impersonation and stealing before Magistrate O. Sule-Amzat.
After entering a plea of `not guilty’, the magistrate admitted the accused to a bail of N50, 000 with two reliable sureties who are to deposit N30, 000 each into the court’s Chief Registrar’s account.
She added that sureties must be gainfully employed with evidence of tax payment.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Ihiehie Lucky had told the court that the offence was committed sometime in January 2016 at No. 13, Araromi St, Bariga.
He said the complainant, a commercial driver, came to Ogudu Police Station to report a case of stealing.
“The complainant said that sometime in the month of January 2016 at the above mentioned address, the accused stole his Volkswagen bus with registration no. XN 234 AAA.
“All efforts to trace the accused and the bus failed until May 23, 2016 information reached him that the vehicle is at a mechanic workshop at Lawanson in Surulere.
“The complainant went there and saw his vehicle but the mechanic said that the man who deposited the bus with them came from Alara Street, Iwaya, Lagos.
“Thereafter, the accused was arrested in Sabo-Yaba in November 2016 and from Sabo Police Station, he was transferred to Bariga Divisional Police Headquarters,” Lucky said.
He said the accused had presented himself as a CSP attached to Zone 2 headquarters, Lagos, and swindled many people.
The offences contravened Sections 285 and 378 (1)of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The case has been adjourned to March 1.