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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