Nuhu Sule, the man who was accused of stealing US rapper Meek Mill’s iPhone 14 Pro Max, has appeared in court for the very first time. The 33-year-old scrap dealer appeared in an Accra Circuit Court and was charged with stealing.
He pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to appear in court on January 17, 2023 for another trial.
Sule was apprehended at his Accra hideout on Friday, December 30, 2022, a day after Meek Mill tweeted that he had been robbed off his phone.
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Meek was in the country for a couple of days to headline the Afro Nation Festival. A day or two after his arrival, the Grammy-nominated rapper shared that he had been pickpocketed off his phone.
“They pick pocketed me for my phoneeeeeee SMH…Bring that Jawn back if you got it!!” Meek wrote in his IG stories.
Meek’s tweet caught a lot attention on social media, and the Ghana Police took to work to help find the culprit.
Meek’s phone was found and returned to him within 24 hours, and the suspect arrested.
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Background
The American rapper Meek Mill arrived in Ghana on Thursday, 29 December, ahead of his show at the 2022 Afronation Ghana concert. The concert is one of the musical concerts that take off yearly.
Before the show, he joined dozens of DC bikers to showcase their stunt abilities while he rode on a quad bike with an unidentified light-skinned woman.
He took to his Instagram stories to cry out after his phone was stolen. He wrote, “They pickpocketed me for my phone SMH… Bring that Jawn back if you got it!!!”
A few hours after he announced his phone was stolen, the police arrested the suspect and returned his phone.