Nuhu Sule, the man accused of stealing US rapper Meek Mill’s iPhone 14 Pro Max, has appeared in court for the first time.
On January 4, 2022, the 33-year-old scrap dealer showed up in an Accra Circuit Court and was accused of thievery.
He pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to appear in court on January 17, 2023.
Sule was apprehended at his Accra hideout on Friday, December 30, 2022.
He was accused of stealing Meek Mill’s phone during the Afro Nation Festival at Independence Square.
Recall that, On December 29, 2022, Meek Mill took to social media to announce that his phone had been stolen.
“They pickpocketed me for my phoneeeeeee SMH….Bring that Jawn back if you got it!!” he wrote in his IG stories.
However, the phone was discovered and brought back to him on December 30 by police, who stated that they had apprehended a suspect named Nuhu Sule.
Just after this development, the rapper retracted his claim that the phone was pickpocketed on December 31. He speculated that it could have fallen and been taken.
He also expressed his dissatisfaction with the suspect’s detainment.
