19-yr-old lands in court for stealing bride’s N60k during wedding

A 19-year-old resident of Agbado-Ijaiye identified as Ifeoluwa Adekunle appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing the sum of N60, 000 belonging to a bride during her wedding.
While addressing the court, the prosecutor revealed that the accused committed the crime on Dec. 12, 2016, at La- Occasion Event Centre, New Oko -Oba, Agege, Lagos, when she entered the wedding reception of one Mrs Adeshina Adeyanju uninvited and stole the sum
of N60, 000 from the bag of the bride when she was dancing.
“The accused, who was not invited to the wedding, stole the celebrant’s money,” he said.
According to the prosecutor, while others were busy spraying the bride and wishing her well, Adekunle who pretended to be dancing around the bride was busy stealing money from her.
“The accused, who gate-crashed into the wedding was pretending to be sharing in the joy of the complainant, not knowing that she was using style to steal the money and put it in her bag.
“The complainant’ s sister noticed and the accused was challenged. Her bag was searched and N60,000 in different denominations was found.
“Another N 3,000 was found separately but the accused confessed that she stole that N3,000 from another wedding before coming to the complainant’s,” he said.

Continuing, the prosecutor told the court that the offence committed by Adekunle, who pleaded not guilty, contravened section 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
In delivering his judgement, Mrs O . Y Ekogbule, the Magistrate, admitted the accused to bail at the sum of N40, 000, with two sureties in like sum.