Three men, Ajibola Sulaimon, Thankgod John, and Sodiq Awesu, were charged by the Lagos police on Wednesday with theft and malicious destruction.
Before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court are Sulaimon, 35, John, 41, and Awesu, 23.
However, they pleaded innocent before Magistrate L. J. K. Layeni.
According to the prosecutor, Dr. Simon Uche, the crimes were committed on October 14 at the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) site in Ojo.
According to him, the defendants planned to steal wires from the business and inflict malicious harm to them.
He claims that the accused took scaffolding clips, pipes, and cables worth N1. 65 million and destroyed wires worth N450,000.
According to him, Mr. Agemo Oluwasanmi, the complainant, represented the corporation.
The accused’s offences were in violation of Sections 287, 350, and 411 of the Lagos State Criminal Law from 2015.
The defendants were granted bail in the amount of N500 000 by the court, with each having two sureties in the same amount.
He set the trial date for November 23.
