The police have arraigned four men at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for allegedly stealing diesel and cable wire belonging to Eko Atlantic Company, Lagos.
Samuel Enoch, 32, Taye Ajayi, 28, Kayode Baba, 32 and Segun Adeojo, 35, were accused of committing the offences alongside their accomplices who are at large.
According to prosecuting Corporal Chinedu Njoku, at about 5AM on October 29, the defendants and their accomplices, all putting on black t-shirts, gained entry into the firm’s premises by scaling the fence,the Nation reports.
They drew out diesel with a hose from the tank of an excavator parked nearby into their 30-litre Jerry can and also severed several wire cables which they tried to cart away.
The men, he said, were seen and chased by the firm’s security operatives who caught two of the defendants, Enoch and Ajayi with the stolen items in their possession, while the others escaped.
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