An Osi Justice of the Peace’s Court docket in Ondo State has ordered the remand of an 18-year previous scholar, Sunday Samuel, and his mom, Blessing Ode, over alleged theft of products and money price about N3.8m from a grocery store at Iju, Ondo State.
The defendants have been charged with seven counts bordering on conspiracy, breaking into a store, stealing, obstruction of arrest, concealing a felony and receiving stolen property.
The prosecution alleged that Samuel and others at massive conspired to interrupt into the grocery store belonging to 1 Obafemi Catherine and stole items and money.
The prosecution mentioned the primary incident occurred in 2025 at Faculty Street, Iju, whereas one other alleged theft came about round 3am on August 27, 2026, on the grocery store reverse Sabo, Iju.
Based on the cost sheet, objects allegedly stolen in the course of the incidents included plates, baby merchandise, sneakers, garments, baggage, drinks, cosmetics, meals objects, perfumes, wine and an Itel Android telephone, amongst others.
The prosecution valued the objects allegedly stolen in the primary incident at N1.363million, whereas these allegedly stolen in the course of the August 27 incident have been valued at N2.427million.
The court docket was additionally instructed that Samuel was captured by a CCTV digital camera whereas allegedly breaking into the grocery store.
In counts 5 to seven, the prosecution accused Samuel’s mom, Blessing, of trying to forestall her son’s arrest, concealing a number of the stolen objects and receiving a number of the alleged stolen property.
The prosecution alleged that when the police went to arrest Samuel at his mom’s residence on September 2, 2026, she claimed that he was not at residence.
The cost sheet additional acknowledged that the door to her room was ultimately compelled open, the place Samuel was allegedly discovered mendacity on her mattress.
The prosecution additional alleged that Blessing hid a number of the objects allegedly stolen by her son in a bush and acquired different stolen objects, together with an Itel telephone, Lisbon drink, CT+ cream, Hummer Code fragrance, pores and skin physician cream, Viva Plus detergent and Maggi, amongst others.
On the resumed proceedings, the prosecutor, Awana Josephine, urged the court docket to adjourn the case to allow her research the case file and put together her witnesses.
Nevertheless, counsel for the defendants, Godwin Bernard, prayed the court docket to confess his purchasers to bail in essentially the most liberal phrases, assuring that they’d be out there all through the trial
She opposed the bail software made by the defence counsel and prayed the court docket to remand the defendants in custody, describing the mom as a foul affect on her son.
In her ruling, the Justice of the Peace, Bukola Ojo, ordered the remand of the defendants in custody.
The Justice of the Peace ordered that Blessing be remanded on the Ondo Correctional Facility, whereas her son, Samuel, was remanded on the Olokuta Correctional Centre.
The case was adjourned to September 24, 2026, for listening to.
