A 30-year-old man, Azubuike Ogamba, was, yesterday, charged before an Ojo Chief Magistrate Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing seven fairly-used refrigerators valued at N171,000.
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The accused, an evangelist, resident at 33, Masebinu St., Shibiri, Ojo, is standing trial on a charge of stealing.
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The prosecutor, Mr Godwin Eze, told the court that the accused committed the alleged offence on February 8. He said the complainant, one Mr Stephen Agbo, a dealer in electronics at the Alaba International Market, Ojo, entrusted the refrigerators to the accused, to auction on his behalf.
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Eze said the accused took possession of the refrigerators, but nothing was heard from him afterwards.
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"He did not remit any proceeds of the sale, or give any explanation as to the whereabouts of the goods, despite repeated demands," the prosecutor said.
All this stealing in this country is just getting really absurd and all the pepetrators deserve tougher punishments from now on. It's bad!