A 29-year-old man, Fatai Ganiyu was on Monday sentenced to
two years imprisonment by an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court for stealing 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.
He had said, “Fatai committed an offence contrary to and
punishable under sections 283 and 414 of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, vol.
II, Law of Osun State, Nigeria 2002, punishable under Section 390(9) of
the Criminal Code, Cap 34, vol.II, Law of Osun State,
Nigeria, 2002.”
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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