{"id":391471,"date":"2026-08-23T09:37:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T09:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/391471\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T09:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T09:37:30","slug":"man-in-court-over-alleged-n2-million-tricycle-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/391471\/","title":{"rendered":"Man in court over alleged N2 million tricycle theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">A 45-year-old man, Gbenga Oyebamiji, was arraigned on Friday before an Ejigbo Magistrates\u2019 Court on charges of allegedly stealing a tricycle worth N2 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Oyebamiji, whose residential address was not provided, faces two counts of conspiracy and stealing, to which he pleaded not guilty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prosecutor, Simon Njue, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on August 14 at about 8:40 p.m. at an NNPC filling station in Badek, Ayobo, Lagos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He alleged that the defendant, with others still at large, conspired to steal a tricycle with registration No. 5VM430VS, valued at N2 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Njue said the tricycle belonged to Franklin Chukwuemeka.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said passersby apprehended the defendant and handed him over to the police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Njue said the offences contravened Sections 287 and 411 of the Lagos State Criminal Law, 2015.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Section 411 stipulates two years\u2019 imprisonment for conspiracy, while Section 287 stipulates three years\u2019 imprisonment for stealing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The magistrate, F.R. Ogunkoyode, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N700,000, with two responsible sureties in like sum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She adjourned the case until September 15 for mention.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(NAN)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gazettengr.com\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 100%;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Artboard-14.png\" alt=\"Banner\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 45-year-old man, Gbenga Oyebamiji, was arraigned on Friday before an Ejigbo Magistrates\u2019 Court on charges of allegedly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[55],"tags":[186910,186911,186912,186913,186914,2093,186915,81522,186916,152,186917],"class_list":["post-391471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tanzania","tag-45-year-old-man","tag-ayobo","tag-badek","tag-ejigbo-magistrates-court","tag-gbenga-oyebamiji","tag-lagos","tag-nnpc-filling-station","tag-prosecutor","tag-simon-njue","tag-tanzania","tag-tricycle-theft"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/117144154837874146","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}