A magistrate’s court sitting in Abeokuta, the Ogun State
capital, has sentenced a 45-year-old motorcyclist, Sola Oniyide, to two
years imprisonment for stealing items worth N14,000, including a mortar
and pestle.
The convict, who pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of breaking,
entering and stealing, was sentenced to imprisonment by Magistrate Idowu
Olayinka without an option of fine.
The convict said, “My lord, please have mercy on me, I have a wound
on my backside, whenever it itches me, I find myself stealing.”
According to the police Prosecutor, Inspector Augustine Ozimini, the
offence committed last December at Isaga Orile area in Abeokuta
contravened sections 411, 383, 390 (9) of the Criminal Code Laws of
Ogun, 2006.
He said that the convict broke into the house of one Paul Olusegun
and stole a mortar, pestle, generator and a DVD player all valued at N
14,000.
The convict with no fixed address had no legal representation.
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