A nollywood actress, Yetunde Akilapa, accused of stealing has been sent to Kirikiri prison for being in possession of 100 pieces of master keys.
At the Magistrate’s Court, Somolu where she was arraigned on Thursday, the police prosecutor, Inspector Anyanwu, told the court that Miss Akilapa was arrested by a mob that accused her of conspiracy and stealing of bunches of keys. The offence, according to the prosecutor, is punishable under section 383, 516 and 517 criminal code of Lagos state.
In her defence, the accused, Yetund said:
“I have featured in about five films including Aiyelaba...I produced Bunmi Akata which I use a bunch of 100 keys to act. I am also a makeup artist...On the day I was arrested, a woman named Mama Ayoola, called me and said that I should bring weaveon for her. I did not know Mama Ayo Ola was not living at that compound. When I got there, I asked a girl about Mama Ayo Ola and she directed me to knock on the next door...an Igbo man peeped from the door and said Mama Ayo was not living there. And as I was about going out, the mob pounced on me, searched my bags and found the hundred keys with the weave on. They later handed me over to the policemen at Alade Divisional headquarters.”
When she pleaded not guilty to the charges and the magistrate, Justice Mrs. E.A. Adekomaya, granted her bail in the sum of N14, 000 with two sureties who must own a landed property in Lagos, with evidence of paying tax to Lagos state government. The case was adjourned till 12 March, 2013, while the defendant was moved to Kirikiri prison in Apapa, when she could not fulfil the terms and conditions of her bail in court!
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