Tuesday, 15 November 2016

MAN SENTENCED TO 2 YEARS FOR STEALING RICE IN OSHOGBO

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An Osogbo Magistrate’s Court on Monday sentenced 29-year-old Fatai Ganiyu to two years’ imprisonment for breaking into a shop owned by one Comfort Oke in the early hours of October 29, at Oke-Ayepe, Osogbo.  

He allegedly carted away with 10 plastics of rice and four wine bottles.10 bowls of uncooked rice and four bottles of alcoholic drink.

The convict was first arraigned in court on October 10, 2016, when the prosecutor, Mr. Mereti Wilson, told the court that the 10 bowl of rice that Ganiyu stole was worth N8,000, while the bottles of drink was valued at N10,000.

The prosecutor had told the court that the convict broke into the shop of  one Okeola Comfort of the Oke Ayepe area, Gbongan, at about 2am and stole the goods.


The convict, who was represented in the court by his counsel, Mr. Seye Oluyombo, pleaded guilty to the two counts preferred against him.

The magistrate, Mrs. Adejunoke  Olowolagba, said she found Ganiyu guilty on two counts of intent and stealing. She sentenced him to one year each for the two counts. The jail terms are to run cumulatively.

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