A property manager, Felix Sule, has been appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, for allegedly stealing six toilet seats and electric wires worth N329,000.
Sule, who lives in Iddo Sabon Airport Road FCT, was charged with four counts bordering on joint act, criminal conspiracy, mischief and theft by servant.
The prosecution counsel, Abudullahi Tanko, informed the court that the defendant was a caretaker for an apartment complex in Iddo Sabon Airport Road, Abuja, owned by Mr. Ali Sunday.
He said that on July 8, the owner of the property left strict instructions to the defendant to lock up the rooms after they were cleaned but he did he refused.
He added that six toilet seat valued N189,000 were stolen.
According to him,during police investigation, it was discovered that electric wires worth N140,000 were destroyed.
He said that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 98, 348, 327 and 289 of the Penal Code.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Magistrate Yusuf Ibrahim admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N200,00 with one reasonable surety in like sum and ordered that the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and provide valid means of identification.
