Court docked teenager over alleged malicious damage

A 19-year-old girl, Iliya Aliyu, was on Wednesday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates' Court over alleged malicious damage.

Aliyu, whose address was not given, is facing a charge of malicious damage.

The Police Prosecutor, Insp Sodiq Adeniyi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on July 2 at about 2:45 p.m. at Oke-Ureje area of Ado-Ekiti.

Adeniyi said that the defendant maliciously damaged an aluminum glass window, valued at N40,000 and an entrance door, valued at N40,000, all totalling N80,000, belonging to the complainant, Mrs Adebukola Oyekanmi, her landlady.

He said the defendant did the damage after a disagreement with a fellow tenant.

According to him, the offence contravenes Section 363 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ekiti State, 2021.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against her.

Counsel to the defendant, Mr Olawumi Olowolafe, urged the court to grant his client bail, with a promise that the defendant would not jump bail.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Franca Olaiya, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N100,000, with two sureties in like sum.

She, thereafter, adjourned the case till Sept. 29 for hearing.