Police arraigned 40-year-old woman and 7 others for stealing pastor’s fowls worth N1.5m

The police on Tuesday arraigned a 40-year-old woman,
Mrs. Regina Philip, and seven others before a
magistrate’s court sitting in Osogbo,Osun State, for
allegedly stealing 1,600 fowls valued at N1.5m.The
police prosecutor told the court that the defendants
stole the fowls from the farms of Pastor Mrs. Titilayo
Aluko on July 5 at Erin-Osun, Osogbo.
Other suspects arraigned by the police are: Odebiyi
Yinka, Ayoola Samson, Grace Odeh, Elizabeth Ankira,
Cecelia Ochili, Hannah Ankira and Oyelami Tajudeen.
The prosecutor told the court that Yinka and others at
large stole the fowls from the complainant’s farms.
The charge read in part, “That you Odebiyi Yinka, and
others at large on or before July 5, 2016, at Erin-Osun in
the Osogbo Magisterial District did conspire among
yourselves to commit felony, to wit: stealing, thereby
committing an offence contrary to and punishable under
Section 516 of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. II, Laws of
Osun State of Nigeria 2003.”
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Magistrate, Olusola Aluko, ordered that they be
remanded in custody and adjourned the case till
November 25, 2016.