A Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded Ifeanyi Ashonu, 24, and Chika Nweigwe, 21, in Ikoyi Correctional Centre for stealing items worth N338,000.
The Magistrate, Mrs M. I. Dan-Oni, remanded the defendants after they pleaded guilty to a three-count charge of break-in, conspiracy and stealing.
Dan-Oni adjourned the case until July 8 for facts and sentence.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Courage Ekhueorohan, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on June 6 at Akorede Warehouse Extension, Ijeshatedo, Surulere, Lagos.
Ekhueorohan said that the defendants broke into the shop of the complainant, Mr John Agala, and stole four laptops and three DVD players.
“They stole an HP laptop worth N50,000, Dell laptop valued N60,000, one Sony Ore 3 laptop worth N100,000, one Paca Bell laptop worth N65,000 and three DVDs worth N18,000,” Ekhueorohan said.
He said that the offences contravened Sections 287, 309 (2) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
