Man docked over alleged palm oil theft in Ekiti

By Boye Oyeyemi

A 58-year-old man, Ajayi Amos, has been arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court over the alleged theft of 60 kegs of palm oil valued at N3,000,000.

The prosecutor, ASP Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court on Tuesday that the defendant allegedly committed the offence alongside others said to be at large.

According to the prosecutor, the suspects reportedly broke into a store belonging to YSJ Limited located in Ikere-Ekiti at about 8am on May 16, 2026, and carted away the palm oil.

Oriyomi said the alleged offences contravened Sections 421, 324(1)(2) and 302(1)(a) of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State, 2021.

Counsel to the defendant, Oluwafemi Alabi, appealed to the court to grant his client bail, assuring the court that the defendant would not jump bail.

In his ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Abayomi Adeosun, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.

The magistrate subsequently adjourned the matter till June 22, 2026, for hearing.