Man charged with stealing N1.2 million from dead man’s account
The police on Thursday dragged a 30-year-old man, John Timothy, before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, Oyo State, over alleged theft of N1.2 million from a dead man’s bank account.
The defendant, whose address was not provided, is facing charges of conspiracy and stealing.
He, however, pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Inspector Olalekan Adegbite, told the court that the defendant committed the offences between May 17, 2021 and July 21, 2021.
Mr Adegbite alleged that the defendant stole N1.2 million from one late Johnson David’s Access Bank account.
Mr Adegbite told the court that a son of the deceased, Daniel David, discovered the theft.
He said that the offences contravened Sections 516 and 390(9) of the Criminal Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
The Magistrate, Oluwabusayo Osho, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Mrs Osho adjourned the case until May 7 for hearing.
(NAN)
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