Two labourers, named Denial Tongpan and Bartholomew Benjamin, were on Monday arraigned in Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja for allegedly stealing 518 pieces of building blocks.
The police charged the duo, 33-year-old Tongpan and 18-year-old Bartholomew who are both residents of Lugbe, Abuja with conspiracy and stealing before a Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court.
They, however, pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Mr Stanley Nwaforaku, told the court that Mr Samuel Yunisa of Iddo Sariki, Abuja, reported the case at the Trade More Police Station, on Aug. 18.
Nwaforaku said that, on Aug. 17, the defendants connived and stole the complainant’s 518 pieces of nine-inch building blocks worth N192,000.
The prosecutor said that during the police investigation, the defendants made confession statements.
He said that the offences contravened Sections 79 and 287 of the Penal Code.
The judge, Mr Aliyu Kagarko, granted each of the defendants bail in the sum of N30,000 with a surety in like sum.
The judge ordered that the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and produce a means of identification.
He adjourned the case until Aug. 28, for hearing.
