A Magistrate’s Court in Yaba, Lagos State, has remanded one Smart Norbert for allegedly burgling and stealing goods worth N3.9m from the residence of one Aboson Omolara in the state’s Ikoyi region.
Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun remanded the 25-year-old on three counts of burgling, theft, and using a hazardous object.
According to the prosecution, Rita Momoh, the defendant and one other accomplice, who is still at large, committed the crime on June 16, 2023, at No 16, King Ologun Kutere, Park View Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos State.
According to Momoh, the offences violated and are punishable under Sections 411, 307 (a) (b) (c), and 297 (1)(2) (a)(b) of the Lagos State Criminal Law of 2015.
The count read in part, “That you, Tony Norbert, and one other still at large, on June 16, 2023, at No. 16, King Ologun Kutere, Park View Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did intentionally break into the above address, and stole handset phones, six bangles, sets of gold earrings and wedding ring, two gold necklaces, five wristwatches, one round necklace, one Flask with cups, and one Access Bank ATM card, all valued at the sum of N3.9m, property of Aboson Omolara, and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 307 (a) (b) (c) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015.”
The court also rejected Norbert’s appeal.
The Magistrate postponed the case till July 27, 2023, seeking DPP advice, and ordered the defendant to be kept in custody at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
