Farm Manager Accused Of Stealing N5.4m Chickens

• Yusuf Oketola

The Police on Tuesday arraigned a 36-year-old farm Manager, Patrick Olusegun, in Abuja, for allegedly stealing chickens worth N5.4 million.

Olusegun, a resident at Lugbe area of Abuja was arraigned before a Kado Grade 1 Area Court on a one-count charge of theft.

The prosecution, Mr Stanley Nwafoaku, told the court that Mr Ajayi Elijah of Wale John Farms, Lugbe, Abuja, reported the matter at Lugbe Police Station on September 8.

Nwafoaku alleged that, in July, the complainant employed the defendant to manage his poultry farm with over one thousand birds.

He said that when the complainant took stock of the birds, 542 birds worth N5.4 million were missing.

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The prosecutor said that the defendant was consequently apprehended, adding that during police investigation, the defendant could not give a satisfactory account of the missing chickens.

The alleged offence according to the police contravened Section 289 of the Penal Code.

But, the accused person pleaded not guilty.

The Area Court Judge, Mr Mohammed Wakili, granted the defendant bail in the sum of one million Naira with one surety in like sum.

The judge adjourned the case until Oct. 10 for hearing.