A 31-year-old butchery business owner, Mobolaji Olayinka, who allegedly stealing 20 cows valued at N2 million, on Wednesday appeared before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court.
The police charged Olayinka whose address was not provided with three counts of theft, obtaining goods under false pretenses and issuance of dud check.
The prosecutor, Inspector Ben Ekundayo told the court that the accused committed the offence in August 2015 at Abijo GRA, Ajah Lagos.
He said that the accused, a butchery business owner, approached the complainant, Abraham Ajayi, the Managing Director of KAMSAC Global Limited, a livestock farm, and asked him to supply 20 cows on credit.
Ekundayo alleged that Olayinka issued the MD a First Bank cheque dated Jan. 30, 2016 with Account No. 2020278126 for N400,000 and promised to pay the remaining N1.6million in installments over a period of time. Read more