Court remanded Barman for allegedly Stealing a car in Ibadan

The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on
Monday, August 17, 2020, arraigned Godwin Job
(a.k.a Nifemi) before Justice Bayo Taiwo of the
Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan.
The defendant was arraigned on a two-count
charge bordering on stealing. The charge is
contrary to section 399 (9) of the Criminal Code
Law Cap 38, Laws of Oyo State.
The petitioner alleged that, sometime in August,
2019, the defendant who was employed as a
Barman and Hotel Attendant at his Hotel- Femfitt
Hotels Limited, informed him that his car had a
flat Tyre and offered to help him change the
Tyre. He reportedly obliged him his car key to
enable him do so.
The petitioner further alleged that his Barman,
rather than change the faulty Tyre, absconded
with the car key and stole three Automated Teller
Machine (ATM) cards he left in the car and
withdrew a total sum of N1,079,290 (One
Million, Seventy-Nine Thousand, Two Hundred
and Ninety Naira only) from his bank accounts.
When the charges were read to the defendant, he
pleaded not guilty.
In view of the plea of the defendant, prosecution
counsel, Lanre Abdulrasheed asked for a trial
date and prayed the court to remand the
defendant accordingly. Defence counsel, Elume
Francis Informed the court that he did no not
have a formal application for bail and prayed for
a short date to enable him file the application. He
also prayed the court to remand the defendant in
the EFCC’s
custody.
Justice Taiwo, after listening to the submission
of both counsels, adjourned the case to August
20, 2020 for trial and ordered that the defendant
be remanded in the EFCC’s custody.