Famous Nollywood Actress, Yetunde Akilapa Arraigned For Theft Of Property Worth Over N7 Million.

Famous Yoruba actress and filmmaker, Yetunde Akilapa, was yesterday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates' Court accused of the break-in and taking of resources worth N7 million.

The actress is standing preliminary on a three-tally verging on thievery and taking to which she argued not guilty.


Police Prosecutor Benson Emuerhi told the court that the blamed conferred the offenses on June 27 at No. 14/16, Mutairu St., Shangisha, Ketu, a suburb of Lagos, at 2.10 p.m.

As indicated by him, the denounced was caught while endeavoring to enter the flat of the complainant, Mr Adeboye Lamidi.


Lamidi affirmed that he was in his living room when he saw somebody was attempting to open the way to his condo with a key from outside. Akilapa utilized an alternate key to open the entryway of the complainant house yet was gotten in the demonstration. He stated,


“l peeped through the door hole and l saw the accused trying to open my door with a key.”

The prosecutor likewise asserted that the denounced on Nov. 16, 2015, at 3.00 p.m. broke into the living arrangement of Oyinlola Tuga by opening the entryway with an ace key.


Tuga, who lives at No. 39A, Ayodele Okeowo St., Gbagada Soluyi in Lagos, revealed that the charged stole adornments, packs and different assets worth N7 million.


“Tuga alleged that after raising an alarm that his house had been burgled, his neighbours told him that they saw the accused parked her car with registration no. MUS 689 CZ in front of the complainant’s house. “They challenged her and found the stolen items and a hundred bunch of keys on her. “The accused was apprehended and handed over to the police at Ifako Police Station,” he said.