40-Year Old Driver Accused Of Stealing N4.5M Car

The Law (Photo File)

Man Who Allegedly Bolted With Vehicle Worth N4.5m Arrested

40-year-old driver, Morris Udoh, who allegedly made away with a Toyota Camry car valued at N4.5 million given to him on hired purchase, has today been granted a N500,000 bail with two sureties in like sum.

The accused who is facing a charge of theft before the Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos resides at No. 12 Simisola St., Surulere, Lagos.

The prosecutor, ASP Fidelis Dike, told the court that the accused committed the offence on March 16, about 10.00 a.m at Victoria Garden City, Lekki, Lagos.

He said that the accused stole a Toyota Camry with Registration No. LND-280 EF valued at N4.5 million, property of Mrs Patience Odamo.

Dike said that Odamo gave the accused the vehicle on hired purchase to pay on a weekly instalment of N40,000.

“The week Udoh collected the vehicle, he vanished with it, he could not be reached through his phone and he was not at his apartment. He was later traced and caught through the help of the police”

“After he was apprehended he has not been able to give the police the account of what happened to the vehicle and its location,” he said.

The offence contravenes Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, carrying three years imprisonment for anyone found guilty.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge and the Magistrate, Mr Omolaja Kazeem, granted him N500, 000 bail with two sureties in like sum.

Kazeem said that the two sureties must be gainfully employed; adding that one of them must be relative of the accused and the other, a civil servant.

Further hearing in the case has been fixed for Aug. 9.