Preye, 45, residing at Jibowu area
of the metropolis, is facing a charge of stealing.
The prosecutor, Sergeant Lucky
Ihiehie, told the court that the offence was committed on October 20, at
Adebiodun Williams Street, Ogudu.
He said that the complainant,
Opeyemi Adewole, a house help to the owner of the house, told the police that
around 11:30 a.m., the accused knocked on their door, asking to see her boss.
The prosecutor said: “The house help
told the accused that her boss had gone to work and the accused pretended to
have called him on phone in the presence of the house help. She told the house
help that the owner of the house had asked her to wait for him. The house help
opened the door for the accused to wait for her boss, while she went to have her
bath. Some minutes after she had finished bathing, the accused told the house
help that she was leaving, and that she should come and escort her to the
gate.”
Ihiehie said that while they were
going, a neighbour intercepted them and questioned the accused who claimed she
came to see her sister, the house help.
“Immediately, the house help told
the neighbour the truth about how the accused came to their apartment, and that
it was her first time of seeing the accused. The accused then claimed to have
come to visit one Mr. Akanbi, who had brought her to that same apartment four
years ago; but it was later discovered that the entire compound never existed
as at that time,” he said.
Ihiehie said that when the bag of
the accused was searched, six bottles of perfume and a wrist watch belonging to
the house help’s boss were recovered.
He said the offence contravened
Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).
The accused, however pleaded not
guilty to the charge.
The Magistrate, Mrs. O. Sule-Amzat,
granted the accused a bail of N50, 000 with two sureties, whose addresses must
be verified. She adjourned the case until December 5.
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