On Friday, police in Lagos arraigned Mandela Joe, 22, at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for suspectedly stealing a debit card from a bank.
The defendant, an unemployed man living at 23, Ifako Road, Ifako, Lagos, is being tried for conspiracy, stealing, and possessing multiple debit cards with different names.
The prosecutor, Insp. Glory Goodday, told the court that the offences were committed on December 23, 2023, at Access Bank in Ogba, Lagos.
Goodday claimed that the defendant pretended to assist the complainant, Mr Kalu Uchendu, whom he met at the ATM.
The prosecutor claimed that the defendant later denied ever collecting the complainant’s debit card.
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The prosecutor claimed that their argument tipped off the security guards, who searched the defendant’s bag and discovered the card inside.
Goodday also reported that security guards discovered three different bank debit cards with different names on the defendant and he could not account for them.
According to the prosecutor, the offences violated Lagos State’s Criminal Law of 2015.
However, the defendant entered a plea of not guilty to the charges.
The Magistrate, Mr T. A Ameen, granted the defendant N100,000 bail with two sureties in the same amount.
Ameen postponed the case until March 20 for mention.
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