A man who allegedly altered the name on a Power Holding Company of Nigeria electricity bill, was on Wednesday arraigned at an Apapa Chief Magistrate’s Court.
Solomon Onyeji, 54, was said to have erazed the name of another electricity consumer on an original electricity bill and replaced it with his own.
Onyeji was also charged with conducting himself in a manner likely to cause the breach of the peace.
The accused, who is standing trial on a two-count charge of forging and breach of peace, before Chief Magistrate Amos Adeyemi, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The prosecutor, Friday Inedu, said the accused was caught with the forged bill when he tried to present it as genuine.
Inedu said the accused committed the offence on Aug. 14 at No. 31, Ibitoye St., Off Ojo Road, Ajegunle in Lagos.
He said the offence contravened Sections 249 (d) and 467 (d) of the Criminal Code of Lagos State 2003.
The court granted the accused bail in the sum of N20,000 with one surety in like sum.
The case was adjourned till Nov. 30, for further hearing.
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