Man Remanded In Prison For Allegedly Stealing Prepared ‘Indomie’ In Lagos

A 31-year-old man identified as
Temitope Adeyemi, has been arrested by
the police for allegedly stealing prepared
Indomie noodles at a local canteen.



According to Daily Trust, Adeyemi had
allegedly ordered for noodles worth
N1000 at the food vendor’s stand at the
College of Medicine, Idi-Araba, Lagos,
and attempted to flee from there when
he had not paid for the food.



The owner of the restaurant, Olumbo
Labake, was said to have raised an
alarm and the suspect was arrested. On
interrogation, he was said to have
admitted he didn’t have any money on
him, but agreed to deposit his mobile
telephone.



A witness said that the arrangement did
not go down well with the owner, who
promptly invited the police.



Investigation conducted by the police
revealed that the suspect had allegedly
stolen the phone before the incident
occurred.



City News understood he
admitted he had planned to sell the
telephone and use the proceeds to buy
food but couldn’t.



A police source at the Isolo Division,
Lagos, where the matter was reported
said that the suspect did not inform the
food vendor that he had no money on
him before ordering for food.Based on
the strength of the investigation, the
Lagos State Commissioner of Police,
Edgal Imohimi, directed that the suspect
be charged to court and the matter was
yesterday brought before an Isolo chief
magistrate’s court.


Adeyemi was charged with stealing
prepared noodles, and being in
possession of a phone suspected to be
stolen.



However, when there was doubt on the
first charge, the prosecutor, Mr Oje
Uagbale, asked the court to strike out
the first count of eating Indomie
noodles without paying, while the
second count of being in possession of
suspected stolen phone was sustained.



The suspect, however, pleaded not guilty.



The presiding magistrate, Mr O.A. Ogbe,
granted him bail in the sum of
N100,000 with one surety in like sum.



Adeyemi was then remanded in prison
custody pending when he will perfect
his bail condition and the matter was
adjourned till October 9, 2017.


Source-DAILY TRUST