One Chijioke Onwunbiko, 38, who allegedly stole N10,000 from a 15-year-old boy, Chigozie Ali, on August 18, 2015 at Orile Agbado, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate Court sitting at Ogba, Agege, Lagos State.

According to the prosecution, the suspect allegedly stole the money from his victim; a boy, who was going to sell some wares for his elder brother in a nearby market, an offence punishable under Section 285 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos, Nigeria, 2011.

DAILY POST reports that when they were both asked whether they would like to settle the matter amicably, the suspect said he was prepared to return the boy’s N10,000 to him, an offer which the complainant accepted before the court.

It was learnt that the suspect approached the little boy in Sango area of Ogun State, and asked him for road direction and that, as he opened his mouth to tell him that he didn’t know the place, his (the boy’s) memory went blank and the next place he found himself was Kola in Alagbado area of Lagos.

An unnamed acquaintance, who was surprised to see him in the area, was said to have asked him where he was going.

“It was there and then that my eyes cleared”, the complainant recalled, while speaking in court.

The complainant further explained that the accused dispossessed him of everything he had on him, including the clothes he was going to the market to sell as well as N10,000 cash.

Ali also added that the suspect ran out of luck two months later, when he saw him at Alaako area of Lagos and was able to identify him as the person who dispossessed him of his wares and N10,000 cash after asking for road direction two months earlier.

He added that when he told his elder brother that he had seen the man who robbed him on August 18, he took him to the police station where he lodged a complaint which led to the arrest of the suspect.

In her ruling, the Magistrate, Bola Osunsanmi, granted the suspect bail in the sum of N5,000 with one surety in like sum.