The Lagos State Police Command, on Monday, arraigned two suspects, Kazeem Agboola and Kudus Bashiru, before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly attempting to steal a motorcycle in the custody of a royal father.
Agboola, 30, and Bashiru, 28, were charged with three counts of conspiracy, attempted theft and beach of the peace.
They, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The prosecutor, ASP Simeon Uche, told the court that the defendants committed the offences around 5:30 pm, on November 4.
He alleged that the defendant were arrested at Cele Junction in Iba, Ojo, Lagos, while attempting to steal a Bajaj motorcycle in the custody of the Oniba of Iba Kingdom, Dr Sulaimon Ashade.
The prosecutor told the court that when the defendants were arrested, they conducted themselves in an unruly manner capable of disturbing public peace.
The act, he said, contravened Sections 21, 168 and 411 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
Following the not guilty plea of the defendants, the Magistrate, Ademola Adesanya,
granted them bail in the sum of N100,000 each with two sureties in like sum.
The court adjourned the case until December 1 for mention.
(NAN).
