Two men Vincent Enwoye, 27, and Muhammed Chibuike, 29, were on Tuesday arraigned before a Wuse Chief Magistrates’ Court, Wuse, Abuja, for alleged criminal trespass, mischief and intimidation.
The defendants, both residents of Zuba, are facing a charge of criminal conspiracy, trespass, mischief and intimation.
They, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against them.
The prosecutor, S.A. Uloko, told the court that one Wisdom Okoro, of No. 3 Hagone Close, Maitama, Abuja, reported the matter at Maitama Police station on behalf of the complainant, one Miss charity, of the same address, in Nov. 2.
Uloko alleged that the defendants on the same day, criminally trespassed and gained access to the complaints compound.
He alleged that the defendants disconnected the complaints light, in the process of removing her meter.
He also alleged that the defendants damaged the meter while the security personnel tried to stop them.
“The meter got damaged as the defendants were dragging it with the security personnel and threatening to deal with them,” Uloko equally alleged.
He said that the offences ran contrary to Sections 97, 348, 327, 397, of the penal code.
The Magistrates, Oyepeju Mustapha, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 with one surety each in like sum.
She said that the sureties must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and provide valid means of identification.
She also ordered that the court registrar verify the sureties addresses.
Mustapha adjourned the matter until Nov. 17, for trial.
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