An Osi Magistrate’s Court in Ondo State has ordered the remand of an 18-year old student, Sunday Samuel, and his mother, Blessing Ode, over alleged theft of goods and cash worth about N3.8m from a supermarket at Iju, Ondo State.
The defendants were charged with seven counts bordering on conspiracy, breaking into a shop, stealing, obstruction of arrest, concealing a felony and receiving stolen property.
The prosecution alleged that Samuel and others at large conspired to break into the supermarket belonging to one Obafemi Catherine and stole goods and cash.
The prosecution said the first incident occurred in 2025 at College Road, Iju, while another alleged theft took place around 3am on August 27, 2026, at the supermarket opposite Sabo, Iju.
