Two men, 31-year-old Sunday Adebayo, and his counterpart, Kopo Sogbo, 41 were on Monday ordered to be remanded by a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos .
The order was issued after the suspects pleaded guilty to stealing bunches of plantain and banana valued at N10,000
The Chief Magistrate, Mr N. A. Layeni remanded them after they pleaded guilty to a two-count charge bordering on felony and stealing.
Layeni ordered that the defendants should be remanded in Awhajigoh Correctional Centre, Badagry.
The Chief Magistrate adjourned the case until January 24 for facts and sentencing.
Earlier, the prosecutor, ASP Clement Okuoimose, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on January 6 at about 8.00 a.m at Train Estate, Ilogbo Eremi area of Lagos.
Okuoimose said that the defendants conspired together to commit felony to wit stealing.
The prosecutor said that the defendant stole bunches of plantain and banana valued at N10,000 belonging to one Alhaja Bilikisu, the complainant.
The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 411 and 287 the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
