The police in Abuja on Wednesday arraigned an applicant, Kunle Opadeyi, at an Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Karu, for allegedly stealing N1m at a wedding reception.
The accused person was arraigned on two counts of criminal conspiracy and theft.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the prosecutor, ASP Adams Peter, told the court that the accused had sneaked into the wedding dinner at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, pretending to be a guest.
Peter alleged that while the event was going on, the accused stole the sum from the money donated by invited guests to the couple.