Baker And Guard Arraigned In Court For Stealing Two Loaves Of Bread

Two employees of FoodCo, Ring Road branch, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, Ebenezer Olusesi, 31 and Ibrahim Adeniyi, 41 were docked on Monday in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrate’s Court, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing two loaves of bread worth N2,600 from their employer.

Gatekeepers News reports that Olusesi, a baker and Adeniyi, a security guard, pleaded not guilty to theft.

The prosecution counsel, Cpl. David Adepoju, told the court that the defendants allegedly conspired to commit the offence.

Adepoju said the defendants on April 28 allegedly stole two loaves of bread worth N2,600, property of FoodCo Company, Ring Road, Ibadan, represented by Friday Achibong.

He said the offence contravened Sections 390(a) and 516 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State 2000.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Olabisi Ogunkanmi, admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of N50,000 each with two sureties each in like.

Ogunkanmi said one of the sureties must be a relative, while the second surety must present tax evidence for two years.

She adjourned the matter till August 15 for a hearing