A 36-year-old engineer, Linus Nathan, was on Thursday arraigned before a Kaduna Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing building materials valued at N4 million.
The defendant, who resides in Narayi, Kaduna, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Chidi Leo, told the court that the offences were committed on Oct. 7 at a construction site in Barnawa, Kaduna.
Leo said the complainant, Babatunde Adeyemi, received a report that the defendant and another suspect, who is currently at large, had conspired to steal building materials from the site.
He alleged that Nathan, who worked as an engineer at the construction site, stole acro pipes, bags of cement, cartons of tiles, door frames and electrical cables valued at N4 million.
The prosecutor said the defendant allegedly sold the materials to one Gabriel, who is also at large.
Leo told the court that Nathan was arrested and allegedly confessed at the police station to stealing and selling the missing items.
He said the offences contravened the Kaduna State Penal Code, 2017.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Magistrate, Mr Ibrahim Emmanuel, granted him bail in the sum of N1 million, with two sureties in like sum.
Emmanuel said one of the sureties must be a Level 13 officer in the Kaduna State Government, while the other must be a blood relation of the defendant residing in Kaduna.
He adjourned the case until Nov. 10 for hearing.
